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on this day in 1974, Eric Stephen Jacobs, a 22-yr-old photographer, takes Bowie's Young Americans cover shot in "some movie soundstage in LA." Hired because he'd done Toni Basil's photo for "After Dark." 'David saw it & said ‘that's what I want for my next album cover’
Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1805 - 1874, German painter, King Ludwig I, surrounded by artists and scholars, descends from the throne to contemplate the sculptures and paintings that are presented to him
7. Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1805 - 1874, German painter, The artists of Munich in association with the citizenry present King Ludwig I with the album intended for him, including its storage box
8. Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1805 - 1874, German painter, The sculptors commissioned by King Ludwig I.
Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1805 - 1874, German painter, The Battle of the Huns
Although first discovered in 1974, it was years later in 2008 that the fossils were declared as a new species, Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, named after founder, Al Lakusta. Unique to the Peace Region, their remains have only been found in the Pipestone Creek Bonebed #MesozoicMonday
August 10, 1974, @rushtheband's debut album was first released by Mercury Records. Four days later, the band played their first show with their new drummer (forever known as "the new guy," Neil Peart), in Pittsburgh, and the rest is history... https://t.co/dw3FQs3b52
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Les "3 Glorieuses" de 1830 provoquent la chute de Charles X et Louis Philippe Ier accéde au titre de "Roi des Français".
En 1974, Richard Nixon démissionne suite au scandale du "Watergate"
En 1999, Boris Eltsine nomme Vladimir Poutine au poste de 1er ministre
Giorgio Vasari (July 30, 1511 - June 27, 1574, Tuscan)
#mannerism #painting #artlovers #art #fineart #artshare
Holy Family with Saint Francis in a Landscape, 1542.
Cover painting for the comic Fiabe Proibite (Forbidden Fairy Tales), 1974, by Alessandro Biffignandi, who we covered in the 2nd volume of Sex & Horror.
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#Biffignandi #pulpart #vintageillustration #ledaandtheswan
#greekmyth #zeus
Lucy Manfredi b.1974, artist who works primarily in oils. She studied at Manchester Met University and is a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. “Waiting for Chips” (top left) is today’s everything #Glorious 😍 #NorthernArt
Norreys had many years of experience fighting in Ulster and was not squeamish about his hands dirty. He was central to the massacre Brain O'Neill's household in 1574, where they were guests of O'Neill, and the slaughter of civilians on Rathlin Island in 1575
“The Green Hat” by Adam Sherriff Scott (National Gallery) who was born on this day in 1887. Because a gypsy predicted that he would be an artist, his mother encouraged him to paint for an hour every day after school. Illustrated: p. 74, The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy
Lycius Mal Opus, High Commander of the Sixth Devision in Medical Research and Aether Development. As a prodigy at a young age, he was quickly tasked in conducting research on PR-074, the Empire’s most important capture. However he was quick to keep his division far away.. (cont.)