Saturday, August 25, 2007

Francois de Nome - Hell






















I've posted this work before but it was a blurry cropping of the original painting. And unfortunately this copy too is a cropping as it has left out much of the right side of the painting that can be seen in the previous posted version. If someone knows where to find this incredible painting online without large chunks of it cut off I'd love to see it!

To see more paintings by this artist, most of which are fantastic depictions of architecture, check the Web Gallery of Art and Visipix. To access the largest sized images at Visipix you'll have to click the "fullscreen" link at the bottom of the image links, then in the upper right corner of the next page click the "good quality" image option.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Zee Monster
Creator and date unknown, if anyone knows of any info concerning this work I'd like to read about it.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Brueghel The Younger

Juno in the Underworld


Temptation of Saint Antonius

More works by Brueghel the younger can be seen in this previous post.

Johann Ulrich Krause - Hell

Johann Ulrich Krause - Hell

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The School Of Bosch

Temptation of Saint Anthony in the style of Bosch.


The above is a tapestry concerning the Temptation of Saint Anthony, the artist is unknown but it is clear they were a follower of Bosch. Click here to see a larger version.

Hay wain in a globe after Hieronymus Bosch. This amazing tapestry is attributed to the Brussels Workshop and dated between 1550 and 1570. Click here to see a larger version.



The above painting and drawing are based on a lost Hieronymus Bosch painting. Fortunately we have this documentation of what the original looked like so that it isn't entirely lost.

Another copy of the Elephant painting with a slightly different composition. It is an engraving dating between 1552 - 1585.





Christ's Descent into Hell - Style of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, about 1550�60) "The panel was painted during a Bosch revival in the sixteenth century, when the artist's fiery scenes of hell were enormously popular throughout Europe, and especially in Italy, where they were prized for their nightmarish and visionary qualities. " - quote source.
I found this work while browsing Flickr.

"The Temptation of St. Anthony," School of Hieronymous Bosch, ca. 1550-1575.

Hell - Workshop Hieronymus Bosch(school) Oil on panel. 39.7x38.5 cm Netherlands. First decade of the 16th century.




The above painting and drawing are copies by Alaert du Hamel after Hieronymus Bosch's Last Judgement painting.






















Artist attributed as Circle of Hieronymus Bosch, titled "A hell scene with a fish-monster with a wheel in its mouth, a barrel-creature and various other monsters, and figures undergoing a range of ordeals" - image source.



I don't know any details about this last one but if anyone knows who painted it I'd really like to know!

I've posted many artworks inspired by Bosch over the past few years, just type "bosch" into the search bar at the top to see them.
Colin R. Milne - Political cartoon after Jacques Callot's "Temptaton of Saint Anthony."

"A dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work Uncle Tom's Cabin" Lithograph from 1853."

"An imaginative and biting satire on Harriet Beecher Stowe and her recently published antislavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Printed serially beginning in June 1851, the novel first appeared in book form in 1852. The artist has concocted a chaotic, nightmarish vision, where armies of demons and other monsters battle in a barren, desert setting reminiscent of the infernal visions of Hieronymus Bosch and Jacques Callot. (Murrell points out, in fact, that the plate borrows its central motif--an enormous flying demon--from Callot's "Temptation of St. Anthony.") In the center a leering black man dressed as a Quaker holds a flag "Women of England To The Rescue." To the left, near the mouth of a cave marked "Underground Railway," Mrs. Stowe is pulled and harassed by demons. She holds up a book that reads, "Uncle Tom's Cabin, I Love the Blacks." Another woman (or perhaps Mrs. Stowe again) rides in a parade of demons on the right. In the distance, several monsters feed copies of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to a blazing fire." - quote source.

There is a gigantic (159 megabytes) uncompressed TIFF version of this lithograph available for download here. (broken link has been fixed)

Monday, August 20, 2007

Ivan Jakovlevich Bilibin








Artworks found at Magnolia Box where prints are available for purchase.

Ivan Bilibin's many illustrations for fairy tale books can be seen at Surlalune Fairy Tales, Auburn University Liberal Arts Department and Archker's Fantasy Art Gallery. There is a short bio on the life of Bilibin along with a selection of art at his Wikipedia entry.