Items matching mythology (results page 1)

Frontispiece: “Yes, there he sat, on the back of the winged horse!”Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

“At length—not that he was weary, but only idle and luxurious—Pegasus folded his wings, and lay down on the soft green turf. But, being too full of aërial life to remain quiet for many moments togeth [...]

Keywords: mythology, mythical creatures, people, illustrations for children, colour

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Added: 2006-07-29

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Perseus und Andromeda.Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

A damsel in distress if ever the was one! The woman (Andromeda) is chained at wrist and ankle to a rock in the sea, and a viscious sea-monster is about to swaller her up. But look! The helmeted and sa [...]

Keywords: dragons, monsters, chains, bare feet, gods, heroes, swords, water, waves, mythology, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-06-14

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79.—Symbols of Rome.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantr [...]

Keywords: weapons, mythology, animals, children, nudity, greyscale

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Added: 2007-07-05

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227.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of January.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The central portion of the engraving (Fig. 227) represents the ploughman at his labour. Four oxen are employed in the team, and they are guided by a man in front, who bears a long staff. The sower fol [...]

Keywords: january, months, fields, horses, agriculture, people, farmers, mythology, cartouches, saxon england, calendars, greyscale

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Added: 2009-12-06

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The Golden TouchMyths Every Child Should Know (1914)

Chapter-head illustration for “The Golden Touch,” the story of King Midas. A person with a helmet (or vigorously spiked hair) and seen as a silhouette stands knee-deep in a lake and pours water from a [...]

Keywords: water, people, mythology, chapterheads, illustrations for children, silhouetteswater, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-04

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The Gorgon’s HeadMyths Every Child Should Know (1914)

A silhouette of Perseus with shield and sword, and with winged sandals on his feet. This is a Chapter-head illustration for “The Gorgon’s Head.” There is also a detail of this picture, showing just P [...]

Keywords: people, mythology, weapons, chapterheads, wings, illustrations for children, silhouettes, mythological creatures, bare feet, swords, mountains, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-19

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PerseusMyths Every Child Should Know (1914)

A detail from the chapter head illustration, showing Perseus, with shield uplifted to hide from the Gorgon’s eye, sword at the ready, and of course with wings on his feet (or ankles).

Keywords: people, mythology, weapons, chapterheads, wings, illustrations for children, silhouettes, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-19

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Behold it then! cried PerseusMyths Every Child Should Know (1914)

“Behold it then!” cried Perseus, in a voice like the blast of a trumpet. King Polydectes has demanded to be shown the head of the Gorgon, which turns to stone all who gaze upon it. So the King is of [...]

Keywords: soldiers, mythology, illustrations for children, colour, bare feet, weapons, swords, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2008-04-10

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Herkules in Kampfe gegen die lernäische Schlange.Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

The mighty hero Herakles (Hercules) is about to slay the Hydra. He appears to be barefoot and naked, but there is a lion-skin cloak on his back part of which conceals his genitals. He doesn’t seem to [...]

Keywords: mythology, nudity, bare feet, heroes, monsters, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-06-14

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Decorative Initials with Naked PeopleTypo Ornamenty (1990)

These decorated initials, or drop caps, were first used in the March 1901 edition of Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, which is, German Art and Decoration, a German magazine of the time. They were made b [...]

Keywords: alphabets, complete alphabets, letters, lettering, art nouveau, people, men, women, nudity, mythology, greyscale

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Added: 2020-08-30

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Rosenthal’s Elaine.The Table Book of Art (1880)

The body of the lady Elaine is in the ferry crossing the river styx; I can’t tell whether she has coins on her eyes or whether the ferryman as taken them. There’s a garland of flowers alongside the fe [...]

Keywords: death, spooky, mythology, boats, ferries, people, water, rivers, elaine, greyscale

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Added: 2015-12-10

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Kullervo as a BoyJugend [German art magazine] (1900)

Kullervo is a character from the Finnish epic poem, the Kalevala. Here he is shown as a naked boy, fair-haired and strong, in a forest, drawing pictures on the trunk of an oak tree; there are cows in [...]

Keywords: bous, nudity, bare feet, illustrations for children, mythology, nature, drawing, sketches, people, trees, animals, cows, colour

Places shown: Finland

Added: 2018-09-16

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