Clay Franklin Johnsonさんのイラストまとめ

"Solitude is indispensable for my dialogue with nature".
—Caspar David Friedrich, died #OTD 1840 #Art #ArtHistory #CasparDavidFriedrich

#FolkloreThursday In Japanese folklore, the Funayūrei are malicious spirits at sea said to be the remnants of those who died in shipwrecks

Russian Romantic painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky died #OTD 1900. The first painting is titled “Moon Path" #Art #Romanticism

#FolkloreThursday The Balrog was inspired by the fire giant Surtr from Norse Mythology – both wield flaming swords #Tolkien #Norse #LotR

Frederic Edwin Church died April 7, 1900. First is “Aurora Borealis” depicting #Arctic expedition of Dr. Isaac Hayes #Art #HudsonRiverSchool

#FolkloreThursday Legendary and Mythical Creatures (Fabelwesen) from “Bilderbuch für Kinder” by Friedrich Justin Bertuch #Art #Myth

Helen Stratton was born #OTD 1867. These illustrations are from “The Lily of Life: A Fairy Tale” by Marie of Romania #Art #ArtHistory

Albert Pinkham Ryder died #OTD 100 years ago in 1917. The first painting is "The Race Track," or "Death on a Pale Horse" #Art #ArtHistory

#FolkloreThursday "Watcher in the Water" - #kraken-like monster dwelling in lake by the Doors of Durin. Illus. by John Howe #Tolkien #LOTR

Our hands contain the hearts of men,
Our footsteps are their graves;
We only give to take again
The spirits of our slaves!

#WorldPoetryDay