Archive for the ‘Historic’ Category
Shakespeare stuff
http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/themes http://www.enotes.com/sonnets/ http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/ http://www.shakespeare-online.com/quotes/index.html
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Medieval Texts
Dante: The Divine Comedy (full text): http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/dante/dante_contents.htm Alain of Lille: The Complaint of Nature: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/alain-deplanctu.html Abelard and Heloise: http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/aah/index.htm Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales: http://www.librarius.com/
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Tags: Abelard and Heloise, Chaucer, Dante, Medieval
Ukiyoe + Scrolls
Scrolls are here: http://www.ukiyoe-gallery.com/gallery8.htm … This is the page of erotic prints: http://www.ukiyoe-gallery.com/gallery9.htm … Desktop wallpapers made out of antique Ukiyoe prints: http://homepage1.nifty.com/WATER/paper_e.html …
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Survey site of Incunabula, also good images of book pages. … http://www.ndl.go.jp/incunabula/e/index.html …
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David Carson
… http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/ …
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Paper, Leather, Clay and Stone
Graphic Design History survey, based upon material/medium. … http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Paper-exhibit/ …
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Maeda interviews Paul Rand
http://acg.media.mit.edu/events/rand/ideamag.html …
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Tags: John Maeda, Paul Rand
… Access the page here. …
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The Digital Dada Library
An online repository of Dada art journals, books, pamphlets and fanzines. Cover and page from Francis Picabia’s 391,1917-1924. … http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/collection.html …
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Alki1′s Flickr sets
Excellent collection of 20th century Graphic Design, particularly International Typographic Style. Two CI systems by Massimo Vignelli from Alki1′s Flickr. … http://www.flickr.com/photos/20745656@N00/sets/ …
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Huge archive of etchings of the artist, covers a huge range from costumes to architecture to maps and title pages. The image quality of quite a few of the reproductions is not the greatest, unfortunately. … http://link.library.utoronto.ca/hollar/ …
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Very nice collection of Anatomical Illustrations … http://link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm …
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Andreas Vesalius
A full online copy of “De humani corporis fabrica”. … http://mcgovern.library.tmc.edu/data/www/html/collect/anatomy/Vesalius/V0105.htm …
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… http://digi.azz.cz/main.php?lng=2 …
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Jan Meemelink: Botanical Prints
Index for over 4.500 flower and fruit prints, each with an extensive description and illustration, arranged by plant family. … http://www.meemelink.com/prints%20pages/prints-index.html …
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BioLib
Huge repository of biological illustrations, also includes a full version of Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur. … http://www.biolib.de/ …
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Panteek: Antique Prints
A huge selection, everything from biological illustrations to fashion plates. … http://www.panteek.com/index.htm …
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Tags: antique prints, fashion plates, Scientific Illustrations
… http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/events_exhib/exhibit/index.shtml …
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Tags: Scientific Illustrations
Siyahkalem
… http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/turkis.html …
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Tags: Asia, Mehmet Siyahkalem, miniature
clotho98: Vintage ads etc
… http://www.flickr.com/photos/clotho98/sets/ …
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