Hand-tinted map of the Island of Utopia from A Fruitful and Pleasant Work of the Best State of a Public Weal, and of the New Isle Called Utopia by Thomas Moore, 1516
The Phantom of the Opera, 1925
Gregory Peck’s earliest movie memory is of being so scared by The Phantom of the Opera at age 9 that his grandmother allowed him to sleep in the bed with her that night. (via)
Built-In Library. Costume of the Doctor. Nicolas de Larmessin II (1640-1725).
For Children’s Book Week, the best illustrations from 130 years of Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
Blockbook (ca. 1470)
Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis
Germany, about 1463–67The Morgan library
(via medieval)
Illuminated elephants on parade.
1. From a herbal, Italy (Lombardy), c. 1440
2. From a bestiary, England, between 1236 and c. 1250 (he looks so scared, poor soul)
More about medieval pachyderms here.
(Source: billieandbess, via fuckyeahmaps)
April 23, 1775: J.M.W. Turner is born.
[Turner] became known as ‘the painter of light’, because of his increasing interest in brilliant colours as the main constituent in his landscapes and seascapes.
