The Dragons Are Coming!!!

Next week will be devoted entirely to what is likely the most popular and influential monster in history, the dragon!

Piero di Cosimo - Perseus Frees Andromeda
The paintings of Cosimo are filled with allegorical and mythological imagery. One of the more striking examples of this can be found in this scene from Greek Mythos. Learn more about this painting here. Another example of this scene can be found here.

More works by the artist can be found here.

And most people are probably familiar with this scene as it was shown in a certain Ray Harryhausen film.

Francois de Nome
The works of Nome are filled with fantastic architecture in spaces that resemble the landscapes of dreams. And while the elaborate, baroque and ruined architecture is generally at the forefront of the compositions, I have found a few paintings where something more sinister is on display.

The above oil painting titled "A Fantastic Architectural View" shows a crowd of people being dropped into a pit of hungry lions or dogs. Near the center of the ground you can see several of them sitting upright like gargoyles awaiting their meal, very disturbing.


This work titled "Les Enfers" is a great fantastical depiction of Hell in all it's demonic and tormented glory.

Additional works can be viewed here.
Browse the links on the Artcyclopedia page to see more.

Codex Seraphinianus
The strange imaginary world created and documented by Luigi Serafini has been exposed in it's entirety on this flickr page.

Link found thanks to Forbidden Music.

Andrew Scott's Bug Factory

Lots of great sculptures of bugs, trilobites, cephalopods and other slimey things in this gallery. Check out the blog and the flickr gallery to see everything.

Thanks to Fufu Frauenwahl for the link!