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MayThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

May from The Shepheardes Calendar, showing two shepherds, Piers and Palinodie, represented as as a Protestant and a Catholic minister. In the sky we see the zodiac sign for Gemini, together with the t [...]

Keywords: colour, calendars, months, may, people, dancing, goats, animals, zodiac

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Added: 2006-02-08

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267.—Country DanceNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

Woodcut showing three people dancing; they wear eighteenth century clothing. At first I thght they were children playing, but now I think it is a formal dance featturing two men and a woman.

Keywords: people, dances, dancing, costumes, hats, greyscale

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Added: 2011-06-14

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Bibbety-BobbleDoings of the Bodley Family in Town and Country (1876)

The fairy folk and the wee elves dance in a circle. Then it was that each elvish man Felt such a lightness in his feet, That, snatching the hand of the nearest fay, Round they whisked in th e wildest [...]

Keywords: fairies, pagan, dancing, bare feet, elves, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2012-11-22

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New Year’s Eve PunchModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A bright-eyed young woman holds a glass bowl over her head; it’s filled with punch, an alcoholic drink shared on New Year’s Eve. Out of the bowl arise spirits, or dreams, in pink compared ot the grey [...]

Keywords: colour, women, new year, spirits, bowls, drink, dancing, nudity, smiles

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Added: 2020-09-21

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Greek dances after a meal.La Civilizacion (1881)

Canzas Griegas despues de la Comida. Here we see a laurel-wreathed man seated on a chair, next to a table with horses’ legs; behind him someone is standing clapping. In the background three barefoot w [...]

Keywords: dancing, dancers, people, women, costumes, ancient greece, men, wreaths, interiors, colour

Places shown: Greece

Added: 2019-02-01

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Serpentin-Tanzerin [the serpentine dancer]Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

The German word tänzerin means dancer, but primarily a female one. In this case the title is probably a reference to the film Die Serpentintänzerin which was produced in 1895; the film lasted for only [...]

Keywords: early film, colour, dancers, dancing, shawls, rainbow, exuberant, people, women, angels, wings

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Added: 2019-05-07

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1377.—Whitsun Morris-Dance.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Whitsunday, or Whitsun, is the seventh Sunday after Easter, and is a time for a holiday. The Morris-dance was originally a Moorish dance. These days it involves men with white socks (always a bad sta [...]

Keywords: dancing, people, holidays, morris dancersdancing, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2008-03-01

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A Dance of ShepherdessesMusée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1881)

The drawing reproduced as an engraving shows three women, barefoot and in ankle-length short-sleeved dresses. One is seated, playing divided pipes; she’s sitting on the steps of a circular neo-Classic [...]

Keywords: dance, dancing, people, women, bare feet, temples, columns, music, pipes, sheep, animals, trees, water, pillars, spring, fecundity, greyscale

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Added: 2019-01-26

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Initial Letter T With Cherubs and Dancing CoupleAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

This vignetted initial shows a dance, with couples wearing elaborate clothing; the front-most couple is shown in detail and the others as shadowy sketches. A putto or cherub, a naked boy in the sky, p [...]

Keywords: cherubs, romance, love, dancing, putti, wings, initials, lettert, music, vignetted initials, greyscale

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Added: 2018-08-30

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Eve of St. John’s DayThe Table Book of Art (1880)

(From the original painting by Jules Breton.) A ring of seven barefoot women dance with arms linked around a fire in an open field; there is another group dancing in the background and, beyond that, t [...]

Keywords: people, spirit, dancing, moonlight, barefoot, bare feet, festivals, women, greyscale

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Added: 2022-03-04

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Stock block: two dancing harlequinsTypographic Ornaments (1850)

This vintage art pair of jesters are two men dressed as harlequins, or clowns; the one on the left has a hat with bells on it and carries a punch-and-judy style stick with a head on the end; the one o [...]

Keywords: clowns, harlequins, dancing, people, men, costumes, stock blocks, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-12

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G. Tornai: At the haremModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A woman, baring her breasts, is dancing in a harem, one arm over her heard, her feet bare. In the background a musician plays a lyre; another woman serves Moroccan-style tea on an octagonal side-table [...]

Keywords: harems, slavers, slavery, nudity, breasts, women, people, dancing, music, dance, oriental, middle eastern, interiors, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2019-05-16

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