Grotesque Music Sheets From Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male (1542)
This post was originally published on this siteThe 16th-century scribes of Bruges had a lot of fun illuminating this musical manuscript, because it’s full of […]
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“The Next to Go. Fight Tuberculosis!” Posters for the American Red Cross Christmas Seal Campaign
This post was originally published on this site“The Next to Go, Fight Tuberculosis” was a poster commissioned by the Red Cross to encourage support for […]
25 Awkward Vintage Christmas Album Covers From European Countries
This post was originally published on this siteChristmas album art has its own unique tradition. There are the decorated trees, the fuzzy sweaters and the […]
Vintage Posters for the Early ‘Tom and Jerry’ Cartoons in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteTom and Jerry is an American animated franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by […]
45 Amazing Posters by Leonetto Cappiello in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1875 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italian-French poster art designer and painter Leonetto Cappiello mainly lived and worked in […]
Stop Germs Spreading: Vintage “Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases” Posters From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this site“Coughs and sneezes spread diseases” was a slogan first used in the United States during the 1918–20 influenza […]
Fabulous Cover Photos of La Vie Parisienne in 1927
This post was originally published on this siteLa Vie Parisienne (the Parisian life) was a French weekly magazine founded in Paris in 1863 and was […]
Mickey Mouse Driving Personalized Car, 1933
This post was originally published on this siteThousands of people in all parts of the world laugh and enjoy the antics of Mickey Mouse, the […]
The Most Influential School of Art and Design: Amazing Vintage Photographs of Bauhaus Students From the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Bauhaus was arguably the single most influential modernist art school of the 20th century. Its approach to […]
See Inside a 1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom, the Most Expensive Rolls-Royce Ever Made
This post was originally published on this siteThe car was commissioned by business baron Clarence Gasque for his wife Maude, a devotee of 18th-century French […]
Stunning Photography by Man Ray in the 1920s and ’30s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1890 as Emmanuel Radnitzky in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American visual artist Man Ray spent most of his […]
40 Antique Cigarette Cards From the Early 20th Century Featuring Colorful Chinese Opera Masks
This post was originally published on this siteFace-changing, or “bian lian” in Chinese, is an important subgenre of Chinese opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes […]
These Embroidered Portraits on Found Photographs May Look Half Creepy But Are Fully Captivating!
This post was originally published on this siteMasks can be creepy, but they can also be fun. Artist Jessica Wohl modifies vintage photographs by embroidering […]
The Dream Collector: Photographer Used His Camera to Recreate Children’s Nightmares From the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteChildhood dreams were what interested American photographer Arthur Tress when, in the late 1960s and ’70s, he created […]
Pére Ubu by Dora Maar, 1936
This post was originally published on this siteWhat kind of creature is in this photograph? Is it a big monster or something smaller? This photograph […]
Garden in Hell: Inside Diana Vreeland’s Glossy Red Apartment in New York City
This post was originally published on this siteDiana Vreeland (September 29, 1903 – August 22, 1989) was a French-American columnist and editor in the field […]
25 Candid Photographs of Salvador Dalí Painting in His Studio
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1930, the Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) bought a small fisherman’s hut in the isolated village of […]
How to Make Shadow Puppets, ca. 1930
This post was originally published on this siteProfiles of birds and beasts can be made with hands, a light and a screen. This feature explains […]
David Bowie in ‘Mime’ at the Middle Earth Club, London in May 1968
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1968 the choreographer and mime artist Lindsay Kemp let Bowie appear in his show Pierrot in Turquoise, […]
20 Amazing Black and White Self-Portraits by Claude Cahun
This post was originally published on this siteClaude Cahun’s photographic self-portraits present a dizzying kaleidoscopic mix of mystery, exuberance, and sobriety. She was a Surrealist […]
Fabulous Hand Painting Art by Mario Mariotti
This post was originally published on this siteThough we sometimes forget, art doesn’t have to be sophisticated, or grand, or expensively made. Never was this […]
22 Vintage Portraits of Maude Adams as Napoleon II in Edmond Rostand’s “L’Aiglon” (1900)
This post was originally published on this siteL’Aiglon is a French play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II, […]
Art to Wear by Julie Schafler Dale
This post was originally published on this siteThese wonderful images are extracted from the coffee table book “Art to Wear” which was published in 1986, […]
Japan’s 1918 Pandemic Prevention Posters Suggested Some Rules to Avoid Spreading and Contracting the Flu
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1918 Influenza epidemic began in Japan in late August 1918 and became a national epidemic in November. […]
Francesca Woodman: The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1958 in Denver, Colorado from a family of artists, American photographer Francesca Woodman began her studies at […]