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Concept art by Chris Foss for Jodorowsky's unmade Dune film. As seen in the fascinating documentary Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)..
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Augsburg Book of Miracles. Produced between 1545 and 1552 by an unknown artist. An illustrated manuscript from 1550s Augsburg, Germany, showing tales of the Old Testament, the Book of Revelation, contemporary events and apocalyptic visions.
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JRR Tolkien's own illustrations for The Hobbit..
"My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail is a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!"
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Artworks by painter, printmaker, and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945).
"It is my duty to voice the sufferings of people, the sufferings that never end and are as big as mountains"
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Citizen Kane (1941) Dir Orson Welles
Matte paintings in Citizen Kane. Optical effects made by Linwood Dunn and matte painting created by Mario Larrinaga.
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In 1711 artist Donato Creti was commissioned to paint 8 small canvases of the planets and other celestial objects as a gift to the Pope to convince him of the importance to the Holy Church of an astronomical observatory. Here are 4.
#art #history #painting #space #DonatoCreti
Jaws (1975) Dir Steven Spielberg
Original storyboards by Joe Alves..
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The Birds of America (1827-1838) by John James Audubon
435 hand-coloured, life-size prints, including images of 5 or 6, now-extinct birds. In 2012 a complete first edition sold in New York, for $7.9 million. The book features in American Animals (2018).
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The Thing (1982) Dir John Carpenter.
The film was extensively storyboarded by artist Michael Ploog. Here are two of his original storyboards for the transformation scenes.
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