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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 21, 2021 22:19:45 GMT
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Post by Spitfire926f on Sept 22, 2021 0:26:34 GMT
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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 22, 2021 10:00:19 GMT
Gustave Doré  |
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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 23, 2021 0:26:12 GMT
Winsor McCay  |
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Sept 25, 2021 4:17:26 GMT
Chesley Bonestell  |
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Post by alpha128 on Sept 25, 2021 4:32:56 GMT
Speaking of Chesley Bonestell, my favorite of his paintings is the classic "Saturn as seen from Titan", which according to the Bonestell website, was first published in 1944. .aspx) It wasn't until 2005, when the Huygens spacecraft landed on Titan, that we found out what the view from Titan's surface really looks like. 
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 25, 2021 8:56:30 GMT
17th century illustration  |
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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 27, 2021 20:29:47 GMT
John Held Jr  |
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Post by gameboy on Sept 28, 2021 3:43:44 GMT
Speaking of Chesley Bonestell, my favorite of his paintings is the classic "Saturn as seen from Titan", which according to the Bonestell website, was first published in 1944. It wasn't until 2005, when the Huygens spacecraft landed on Titan, that we found out what the view from Titan's surface really looks like. Killjoy. 
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Post by alpha128 on Sept 28, 2021 3:52:46 GMT
Speaking of Chesley Bonestell, my favorite of his paintings is the classic "Saturn as seen from Titan", which according to the Bonestell website, was first published in 1944. It wasn't until 2005, when the Huygens spacecraft landed on Titan, that we found out what the view from Titan's surface really looks like. Killjoy. Sorry you were disappointed with the real image. However, the fact that Bonestell's painting turned out to be scientifically inaccurate takes nothing away from its beauty.
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Post by gameboy on Sept 28, 2021 4:28:20 GMT
Killjoy. Sorry you were disappointed with the real image. However, the fact that Bonestell's painting turned out to be scientifically inaccurate takes nothing away from its beauty. I agree. The dreamer in me just wishes the solar system was more beautiful.
That being said, we only saw one small part of Titan. If a spacecraft landed in the Sahara Desert or Antarctica, earth might look just as mundane.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Sept 28, 2021 5:24:47 GMT
Killjoy. Sorry you were disappointed with the real image. However, the fact that Bonestell's painting turned out to be scientifically inaccurate takes nothing away from its beauty. I posted one of his non-science illustrations to show he did more than that, but that’s what he best remembered for. He certainly fueled a lot of imaginations, that were disappointed.
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Post by gameboy on Sept 28, 2021 5:44:11 GMT
Sorry you were disappointed with the real image. However, the fact that Bonestell's painting turned out to be scientifically inaccurate takes nothing away from its beauty. I posted one of his non-science illustrations to show he did more than that, but that’s what he best remembered for. He certainly fueled a lot of imaginations, that were disappointed. Nevertheless, he did for visual art what Heinlein and Asimov did for literature. No disappointments there.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Sept 28, 2021 5:57:22 GMT
The greatest modern romantic illustrator and a man way ahead of his time, William Blake. Urizen, “Ancient of Days,” a frontispiece for his Europe: A Prophecy mythical narrative.  “I'll sing to you to this soft lute; and shew you all alive The world, when every particle of dust breathes forth its joy.” Written in 1794. It’s believed this was his last illustration. |
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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 28, 2021 9:50:13 GMT
The greatest modern romantic illustrator and a man way ahead of his time, William Blake. Urizen, “Ancient of Days,” a frontispiece for his Europe: A Prophecy mythical narrative. “I'll sing to you to this soft lute; and shew you all alive The world, when every particle of dust breathes forth its joy.” Written in 1794. It’s believed this was his last illustration. Blake is someone I regard as a visionary artist who just happened to work as an illustrator. 
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Post by alpha128 on Sept 28, 2021 12:22:27 GMT
Sorry you were disappointed with the real image. However, the fact that Bonestell's painting turned out to be scientifically inaccurate takes nothing away from its beauty. I posted one of his non-science illustrations to show he did more than that, but that’s what he best remembered for. He certainly fueled a lot of imaginations, that were disappointed. I did not realize Bonestell did more than the space art that made him famous. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Sept 29, 2021 17:08:33 GMT
The greatest modern romantic illustrator and a man way ahead of his time, William Blake. Urizen, “Ancient of Days,” a frontispiece for his Europe: A Prophecy mythical narrative. “I'll sing to you to this soft lute; and shew you all alive The world, when every particle of dust breathes forth its joy.” Written in 1794. It’s believed this was his last illustration. Blake is someone I regard as a visionary artist who just happened to work as an illustrator. I love this thread - as a former children's book illustrator, I loved the old classics; Winnie the Pooh, before Disney got hold of it, illustrations from my father's Winston Second Grade Primer, but so much by Cicely Mary Barker, one of my favorites. In honor of autumn: 
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Post by ellynmacg on Sept 29, 2021 21:26:27 GMT
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Post by ellynmacg on Sept 30, 2021 0:23:00 GMT
Maxfield Parrish. This one is called "Snow White". I assume this grouchy-looking fellow is one of the Seven Dwarfs, lol (a pre-Disney Grumpy?)  "Moonlight"  "Sea Nymphs"  |
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Post by Stammerhead on Oct 11, 2021 1:17:06 GMT
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