It started with a kiss....With Spring time in the air & mating rituals afoot, something a little different for this week's with one of the superb illustrations by Richard Doyle- here one taken from 'In Fairyland' (1870). Doyle (1824-83) was uncle to Arthur Conan....

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Turtle and Snake, n.d., animal miniatures by (Italian, 1600-1670). Up for auction this month at Auctions Munich Old Master Paintings sale, March 25, https://t.co/POkdCQMPYV

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"Hermia and Lysander" by John Simmons (1870).

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retroscifiart:

Children of Tomorrow by A. E. Van Vogt (Ace edition, 1970). Art by John Schoenherr

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The Death of Orpheus - Henri Leopold Lévy (1870).

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Kenzo Tange merecería el solo un extenso capítulo en cualquier buen recopilatorio de arquitectura brutalista. Comparto hoy su Centro Técnico y Almacenes para Olivetti en Yokohama (1970).

BTW, pocas empresas cuidaron más su arquitectura corporativa que la italiana.

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continues with the series. Here's Riera Rojas, a Spanish artist & illustrator - Papageno & Papagena from a book of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" (1970). No author credit. Picasso meets Provensen? Gorgeous either way, very "Musical"!

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La Vie Parisienne
(La Vie parisienne est un magazine français culturel illustré créé en 1863 par Émile Marcelin. Date du dernier numéro: 1970).

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For the record, Mags’ costumes are made of metal mesh so he can easily change them with his power (UXM We’ve also seen him change into other clothes in an instant (New Mutants On top of that, Krakoa now has the technology to instantly change costumes (Excalibur

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Rudolf Bergander (German, 1909-1970). Fröhlicher Tag Auf der Terrasse (Happy Day on the Terrace), 1958. Oil on canvas, 72 x 128,5 cm. Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden. "In Socialism, there is no longer an existential struggle over secure leisure time."

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The Vision of the Knight Tondal - Simon Marmion (1470).

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Portada de Saul Steinberg para The New Yorker (1970).

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PROTO-X-WING by Ryan Church (Arc-170). The ARC-170 was manufactured by Incom Corporation & Subpro, it saw usage starting the Galactic Empire, but was eventually phased out by the newer TIE line. Some found their way into the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

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I frame the scene (inside 480x270). Then I move the camera (orthogonal view) so it lines up perfectly. I render the scene at a very high resolution. Then in Photoshop I bring it back down to 480x270px so that all the lines are actually 1px wide. Makes Sense?

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Thread: Andrea Mantegna (c1431-1506), Italian Renaissance painter & antiquarian, died on this day. His work linked modern painting with Roman antiquity. Oculus, Camera degli Sposi (1465-74), Madonna & Child (c1455) & Portrait of a Man (c1470). He is one of my favourite artists

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Multi talented Portuguese modernist José de Almada Negreiros (1893-1970). Not only a great painter but also a designer, poet and novelist. https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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Fortitude (1470). He did however create images that were not religious. These were for sophisticated patrons who were interested in the new learning & the awareness of the ancients that characterised the Renaissance.

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Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870).

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