Biblio Curiosaさんのイラストまとめ

Variations on the famous "Diver and Octopuses" 「蛸と海女」(1814年) by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎). ③

① Art by Joapa (2012).
② Art by Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka, "Sarah and Octopus-Seventh Heaven" (2001).

#octopus #たこ #WorldOctopusDay 🐙

The Night with the Geniuses of Study and Love, (1886).
Art by Brazilian painter Pedro Américo.

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."
— Plutarch, On Listening to Lectures

Art by Ivan Skudnev.

The Greeks and Trojans fighting over the body of Patroclus. 1836.
Many versions have been made, but I particularly like this one because you can feel their desperation and efforts to retrieve the body, and it’s almost tearing the corpse apart!...
Art by Antoine Joseph Wiertz

Jean-Adrien Mercier (1899–1995) was a French illustrator mostly known for his art in ads and children's books.
In 1929, editor M. Duflou, who specialized in erotica, published "L'Anti-Justine" ill. by Mercier (as Le Loup).
BTW, in the 3rd pic, the guy has a double-headed dildo.

American pin-up artist Gil Elvgren worked with different models and starlets to create his illustrations. He would use carefully staged pictures as reference. Here are some shots with his favorite model Janet Rae (the daughter of his neighbors) and the finished illustrations.

Oh, this is gorgeous!
Moonlit Nude (early 1940s). 🌛✨
Art by American painter Vaughan Alden Bass.

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