https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brennecke-WechselDerTage/pages/041-monks-in-forest/

This 1880s engraving illustrates a poem by Leonie Meyerhof (1858 – 1933), Im Waldesdom, or, In the forest Cathedral.

The sunbeams are called crepuscular rays *by people who like long words). The roof of the forest is perhaps compared to the vaulted ceiling of a Gothic cathedral.

Transcription of the poem at the linked page and in alt text for the poem image.

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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brennecke-WechselDerTage/pages/065-abendlied-ruined-castle-gateway/

A German poem, Abendlied, or, Evening song by Friedrich Rückert was in the blank area in this full-page illustration.

Signed i think HARLEY, prolly John J. Harley, about whom i know very little. The engraver made the lines for the sky a bit wonky, and it was hard to avoid interference fringes on downsizing.

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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brennecke-WechselDerTage/pages/011-detail-ornament-with-face/

Like the headpiece on the same page, the tailpiece ornament shown here is uncredited.

The nine-petaled crown of the Lady of the Stylized Acanthus Leaves?

But it is amazing how much work went into such small details.

#vintageEngraving #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp3 #FOBO #acanthus #tailpiece #ornament #face #vintageArt #blackAndWhite #slightlyCreepy

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ModerneKunst-15/pages/021-summer-dance/

Danaë, mother of Perseus. One can almost imagine the sky-god Zeus watching her dance here.

It was a little startling to open this huge book (some 400mm/16 inches tall) and see this full-page painting reproduced: you can almost feel the brush strokes.

It’s always tempting to increase chorma/saturation & make a more modern-feeling picture!

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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Jugend-1900/pages/17-298-family-barefoot-boy/

There’s what i think is meant to be an anti-English joke about how slowly they (we) drink beer associated with this, but Google Translate mangled it, i think. See the link - can anyone help with a better translation?

At any rate he seems to be a very ugly boy, but maybe it’s the hair giving him a skinhead look.

#Jugend #JugendStile #vintageArt #cartoon #fobo #family #GIMP #Gimp_3 #barefoot #artNouveau

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Jugend-1900/pages/16-269-justice-with-lion/

Here we see justice as represented in classical art - the blindfold of impartiality (hah) started appearing in the 15th or 16th century.

I have no idea about steaming hearts (?) in her hands, nor about the women on either side, nor what the right-hand person is standing upon. Nor the bird on her helmet actually. Clearly i am no art historian!

Any ideas?

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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-MusaeumHermeticum/pages/345-putrefactio-dragon/

A knight, on foot, fighting a dragon. The image was captioned Putrefactio, or, rot, and seems to be an allegory of the knight fighting rot. It could be an early ad for bleach, but no, it’s more likely the inner journey of purification we must go through, in this occult book on the Philosopher’s Stone.

#occult #dragon #knight #battle #vintageArt #alchemy #vintageEngraving #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #allegory

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Jugend-1900/pages/16-268-castle-vignette/

A locket, maybe, or medallion, a medal with a ribbon for your neck. With a castle on it. Jugend magazine, 1900.

It could almost be Neuschwanstein castle, and i think it very likely that was the intent.

The artist, Ernst Neumann-Neander, of Munich, also designed motorbikes.

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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Jugend-1903/pages/39-792-strawberry-time/

I don’t know a lot about the artist here, Eugen Ludwig Hoess (1855 – 1955), beyond what i put in the notes; copyright ended on his work this January. He was best known for his work in Jugend magazine, including this one, and his theme of people living in nature.

Jugend was the Ray Gun Magazine of the 1900s.

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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Cassell-MagazineOfArt-Vol6/pages/237-cordova-door-of-the-mosque/

The mosque at Córdova (or Córdoba now) was made using (the magazine claims) recycled materials, including pillars from temples at Carthage and elsewhere in Africa and in France and Spain.

The artist and engraver are not identified.

#Córdoba #spain #mosque #cathedral #medievalArchitecture #fobo #vintageEngraving #entrance #doorway #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3