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Happy Birthday to Gustave
Born this day in 1832
He is best known for his wood-engravings

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2022-01-07

What would have happened to Medusa if nothing bad had happened to her? Without being transformed, she probably would have remained a priestess of Athena, in which case she might have had busts sculpted, or even pottery engravings dedicated to her as a human!

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2021-12-30

Saturday we shared a few more etchings and engravings from the Italian scientific journal 'Opuscoli scientifici' published by the Università di Bologna in the early 19th century. We hold Volumes 1-4, published 1817-1823. Learn more here: https://t.co/adrGj4AVNQ

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2021-12-22

I've been obsessed with Crosshatching and Engravings all day today. Found some old, cool & weird examples, too!

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2021-12-18

Hello I'm JJ, i draw a lot although today I won't because my arm horts.

Artstyle inspired by pop art, sci fi, 18th century engravings, 1940ies rubber hose cartoons and tintin

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2021-12-11

Matthaeus Seutter depicts the Roman City Trier.

Augsburg, ca. 1740
Below plan: Panoramic view, flanked left and right by two allegorical engravings symbolizing heavenly and worldly power.
https://t.co/KuaOmjVVmE

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2021-11-29

Known by their collective name, Meisterstiche (master prints), these are the most famous engravings made by Albrecht Dürer✍

Knight, Death and the Devil and Melencolia I are two of a selection of our works currently on loan to for their Dürer exhibition🙌

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2021-11-24

Born Émile Bayard, French & Signature work was illustration of Victor Hugo’s Cosette from Les Miserables Worked in charcoal & from 1857 to 1864 Illustrated books 1880s – 1890s

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2021-11-02

Vase with mythological figures. Very early copper engraving dated1543 by Enea Vico ( born 1523 in Parma, Italy - died 1567 in Ferarra, Italy). Enea Vico signed his initials EA V in the small tablet in the lower left white area. He was famous for his engravings of vases and…

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2021-10-24

From the same anonymous gift we mentioned yesterday is this Literary Guild edition of of English novelist and travel writer Alec Waugh’s travel memoir to tropical regions 'Hot Countries' with wood engravings by Lynd Ward, printed in 1930. Learn more: https://t.co/VDadjYqhxg

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2021-10-21

All in the details 🧐

For this week's discover these engravings by John Everett Millais. Millais was a founder of the Pre-Raphaelites, who created classical, detail-oriented works, like these illustrations of parables.

Have a go now: https://t.co/Kfli44Kbe2

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2021-10-19

Medieval engravings - comics about the trends of the future. Insta kitty.
J'adore art. Everything in it.

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2021-10-18

LG will be taking part in at the Oct 21 - 31

Her work includes inspired by stone carvings at Gobekli Tepe, a 12,000 yr old Neolithic site in South East Turkey

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2021-10-17

देवी दुर्गा महिषासुर मर्दिनी
Devi Durga fight Mahishasur
Handcoloured engravings by Frederic Shoberl from his work 'The World in Miniature: Hindoostan'. London: R. Ackerman, 1820'

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2021-10-16

Coming across Bruegel’s early drawings, some only known through copies or engravings, is like opening a whole new world of his observations & imagination ~ Resting Soldiers ■ Galleys & Armed Three-Master ■ Spring: garden, sheep, sowing, party (1550/60s) https://t.co/r8teY1K9Qj

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2021-10-10

engravings of chariots became more elaborate during the napatan and meroitic eras (1st pic)
however, of the several polychromatic paintings from kerma (2nd pic), it seems none were of triumphal nature like the above

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2021-09-29

Another fictional battle rifle design inspired by a ton of guns (Mainly Type 64 / FAL etc..)

I experimented with some new stuff: weathering effects, new rendering and texture painting techniques and making proof marks / engravings on the gun.

Variant sheet is in the comments.

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2021-09-16

"Brasilianischer Kalmar Riesenkraken ein Segelschiff ueberfallend"

Wood engravings after Denys Montfort ca 1905
July 2020 update:
Congrats to the most beautiful city in America (undisputed) to their new NHL team. Release the Kraken!!!

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2021-09-16

Tonight's goodnight image is 'Stooking', a print from a wood engraving by the rather brilliant Clare Leighton, whose 'Four Hedges' has been re-issued by and contains many of her wood engravings.
Sleep tight.
https://t.co/7MhCl54uF4

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2021-09-08


Pardon My French, Faune is a very nice font created by , inspired by engravings of the animal world found in nineteenth century French history books.
Licence is CC BY-ND 4.0. (via )
Bonus: create your own cute chimera
https://t.co/e31U6jqZ0l

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2021-09-02