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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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DanaëModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

Danaë was a princess in Argos, in Peloponnesia (ancient Greece). She was the mother of Perseus (the god Zeus was the father), the boy who grew up to found Mycenæ after killing the Medusa. Danaë *Δανάη [...]

Keywords: women, mythology, greek mythology, people, summer, dance, dancing, dancers, trees, leaves, sunlight, spring, colour

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Added: 2026-01-25

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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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Venus danced for ApolloJugend [German art magazine] (1900)

Apollo schlug die Cither, und Venus bezauberte alles, indem sie dazu einen Tanz aufführte” aus Max Klinger “Amor und Psyche.” Apollo played the zither and Venus enchanted everyone by performing a danc [...]

Keywords: greek gods, ancient greece, mythology, mythological figures, dancers, dancing, people, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2025-06-25

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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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