# folklorethursday dutchlight maps postcard covid_19 art ffxiii

Long associated with childbirth, the stork is a fertility symbol that is also linked to birth & springtime. The tale of storks delivering newborn babies to their mothers is told to children throughout North America & Europe.

Vintage illustration, source unknown.

14 31
2020-04-09

Pour rappel, Baten Kaitos Origins est le dernier jeu de MONOLITHSOFT (Xenoblade Chronicles) avant son rachat par Nintendo. Il s’agit de la préquelle de Baten Kaitos : Les ailes éternelles et l’océan perdu. Ce deuxième épisode n’est jamais sorti en Europe.

13 37
2020-04-08

Sandra Duran Wilson creates astounding abstract art based on certain music, sounds and frequencies. She has been awarded multiple purchase awards from the state of New Mexico and her work is represented in galleries in the US, Australia and Europe. https://t.co/S8qCwUI0ZO

0 0
2020-04-06

Picture quiz!
Daily until Easter Monday, details of pictures that are shown or get a mention in my forthcoming Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe. First some general scene-setting . . . where are these places?
1/8

0 5
2020-04-06

The Map Department’s postcard collection takes me on a trip through Norway. It begins in Trondheim the capital of Norway in the Viking Age. From here I continue to Hammerfest before sailing from Cape Nordkinn, the northernmost point of mainland Europe.

6 11
2020-03-31

Died (alas!) on this day in 1598, in Frankfurt, engraver, editor & publisher Theodor de Bry. Brought images of the goings-on in the New World to a fascinated public in Europe. Here, a delightful cannibal barbecue. Fun times!

23 94
2020-03-27

Albert Uderzo, co-creator of popular French comic Astérix, passed away today at age 92. One of the last comic art titans of Europe.

Here’s a selection of concept art by Daniel Cacouault (1-4), some animation art, and design sketches of Astérix and Obelix by Uderzo from 1959.

221 695
2020-03-25

I was tasked to do a painting in the style of Takeji Fujishima a Japanese painter who focused on the western painting styles of Europe.
This one is supposed to mimic his "6 Themes of Music" series, and I just referenced my mum.
His other works are much more detailed.

0 2
2020-03-23

Now it is more important than ever to care for & support each other. This spirit is especially lived by our network all over Europe. Explore different services & information offered by COFACE members for families & individuals in the era of
👏👉https://t.co/kgoONRffsE

9 15
2020-03-20

💐 Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe.
A Gand: chez Louis van Houtte, eÌditeur, 1845-1880.
https://t.co/kEFmFeEkDM

2 8
2020-03-19

Baron Munchausen

Though the Baron Munchausen stories are no longer well-known in many English-speaking countries, they are still popular in continental Europe.

The Baron travels underwater, illustrated by Gottfried Franz

0 1
2020-03-18

Edwin Hayes (1819-1904) Seascape and Storm (n.d.). Hayes was one of the great marine painters of his day and lived his youth in Dublin, where his father was a hotelier. Painted boats and ships on the high seas off Ireland and continental Europe. He loved a good storm

21 63
2020-03-18

One proposed etymology of 'nosferatu' is that the term originally came from the Greek 'nosophoros', meaning 'disease-bearing'. F. W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' (1922) strongly emphasizes this theme of disease, and suggests an association with the Spanish Flu that had ravaged Europe.

51 121
2020-03-15

🦉 The birds of Europe.
London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author, 1837.
https://t.co/ypPAgL3xYh

0 0
2020-03-14

TradeQuest Distribution, a sister company of , will now be carrying Battlelords of the 23rd Century, and handling retailer orders for the book throughout the UK and Europe. If you're a retailer looking to carry Battlelords, check them out. https://t.co/nqUjG8x6b9

1 5
2020-03-14

💐 Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe.
A Gand: chez Louis van Houtte, eÌditeur, 1845-1880.
https://t.co/RddGNjbsbz

1 3
2020-03-13

Il y a dix ans exactement, faisait son arrivée en Amérique du Nord et en Europe. C'était la première fois qu'un nouveau Final Fantasy était lancé simultanément sur deux consoles et que la sortie occidentale était aussi rapide : moins de trois mois après le Japon.

16 96
2020-03-10

Tomato (1615). One of the earliest depictions of the tomato in Europe. They had some plants in the garden of castle Monheim (Bavaria).
Hortulus Monheimensis - BSB Cod.icon. 31
(1615)

19 60
2020-03-08

Early image of a potato in Europe.
Hortulus Monheimensis - BSB Cod.icon. 31
(1615)

8 37
2020-03-07

💐 Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe.
A Gand: chez Louis van Houtte, eÌditeur, 1845-1880.
https://t.co/kuqTlrbWen

0 2
2020-03-06