Wise Owlさんのイラストまとめ

"You humans build little worlds, little stories, little shells around your minds and that keeps infinity at bay and allows you to wake up in the morning without screaming!"
creepy art by Belarussian artist Valery Slauk
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Bengali literature
Folk Tales of Bengal (1883) by Lal Behari Dey
Illustrations by Warwick Goble
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Mythological paintings
Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1861)(left)
Ishtar in Hades, from Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Ernest Wallcousins (1915) (right)
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An example of 19th century caricature art
Achille Lemot (1846-1909) — Gustave Flaubert Dissecting Madame Bovary (illustration from “The Parody'', 1869)
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“Their breath added mist to mist... Behind them, in the crawling fog, came a soft gentle sound. Something rustled, pushing towards them.”
- The Giant Under The Snow - John Gordon
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Fantasy art featuring goblins for Production art for movie.
Character sketches by Brian Froud for Jim Henson’s LABYRINTH (1986).
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Columba represents Noah’s dove. Petrus Plancius created the constellation from the stars located behind Argo Navis, the constellation that represented the Argonauts’ ship and was later split into several smaller constellations.
#MythologyMonday

"Her clothes spread wide;
And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up:
Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes;
As one incapable of her own distress,
Or like a creature native and indued
Unto that element:

Ophelia by Friedrich Heyser
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Lily of the Valley

According to one Christian legend, the lily of the valley came into being from Eve’s tears after she and Adam were driven from the Garden of Eden.

Art: Lily of the valley fairy, by Rachel Anderson
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Concept art by Brian Froud for The Dark Crystal (1982), depicting a pair of Gelfling astride Landstriders. (Left top)
Character sketches by Brian Froud for Jim Henson’s LABYRINTH (1986).(other pics)
#WyrdWednesday