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Peace lily
by Dutch artist Madame Berthe Hoola van Nooten
in 'Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l’Ile de Java' 1863
#MythologyMonday
When it comes to mythology and folklore, one of my favorite #illustrators is Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. Fairies, dragons, magical animals and trees, strange creatures - her gorgeous paintings are fascinating illustrations of the realm of ancient tales and archetypes #FairyTaleTuesday
#MythologyMonday According to the ancient #Hungarian creation myth Yotengrit, Godess Ukkó and God Gönüz created the first human couple with Soul and Mind, but for a while they thought they failed. But then this first couple suddenly noticed the beauty of a blossoming pear tree,
Japanese legend goes that once a young man tried to win the love of a beautiful, rich maiden with rare gifts, to no avail. In despair he stabbed himself in the #heart - from where he fell, the first bleeding heart flower has grown, the symbol of unrequited love. #MythologyMonday
In Hungarian #folklore the hero is often aided by a táltosló, a flying and speaking magical horse that can foresee the future and eats hot ember to recover from wounds. In other folktales the hero is a shapeshifter who can transform into a táltosló #FaustianFriday🖼️AmyLyn Bihrle
"There are faces of the ocean and the night sky that human eyes will never get to see...On rare and extraordinary nights, all kinds of creatures born or made for the sea gather for gazing at the spectacular seascapes created by the magical alignment of the shining stars,
Georg Dionysius Ehret, one of the most influential #BotanicalArtists of all times was #BornToday in 1708. This beautiful engraving meticulously depicting a colorful banana flower is from 'Plantae selectae', a book published in 1750 https://t.co/FusgQ1iHUL
@NouveauDeco I like this Mucha a lot. Interesting thing is that he 'recycled' lots of his paintings for different advertisements, from this one I've seen 3 other variations:
#Abstract in #purple: delicate #branches and #leaves of a beautiful old #mapletree #treeart #illustrationseries #japanesemaple #autumntree #abstracttree #fallingleaves #abstractnature #minimalistart #oldtree #treebranches https://t.co/Edj2lVV64f