Archive for posts tagged with ‘illustration’


Nov 24 2010

Air Castles by Maxfield Parrish, 1904

American / Contemporary / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

Air Castles by Maxfield Parrish, 1904

This is a reproduction of Maxfield Parrish’s “Air Castles” of 1905.  Parrish was a wonderful illustrator and artist who was born in 1870 Philadelphia.  He began as an illustrator and had many commissions.  He lived in New Hampshire and painted until he was 91 years old.  He died in 1966.  This painting is typical of his repeated theme of androgynous nudes depicted in fantastic landscapes.  The original painting is in a private collection.

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Jul 8 2010

Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan by Albrecht Durer, 1498

German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc

Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan by Albrecht Durer, 1498

This is the German Master’s rendition as a woodcut of the scene described in the twelfth chapter of The Revelation of St John.  It is a wonderful example of the beautiful artwork of the Northern Renaissance which still harkens back to the apocalyptic themes of the Middle Ages, particularly after the holocaust of the Black Death in the Fourtheenth Century.  The original is a woodcut, 392 by 283 millimeters, and is housed in the Sttaatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe.

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