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In a Swiss woodcut c.1500, the dissection of a dead “witch” revealing a toad where the heart should be affirms evidence of the diabolic. #haxan #malleusmaleficarum #woodcut #witchhysteria #folklore #sinisterhistory #witchtrials #folkhorror
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A woodcut I did in 1996. #woodcut #anarchopunk #peacepunk #folkpunk #christianjohndimennaart #printmaking #newhavenpunk #theprematureburial
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The hunter Actaeon was to turned into a stag (possibly at the ire of the goddess Artemis) and torn apart by his frenzied hunting hounds. #greekmythology #greekmyth #artemis #oldwoodcut #actaeon #woodcut #aristaeus #mythology #paganlore
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The Magician, chiaroscuro woodcut from late 16th century artist Hendrik Goltzius #ouroboros #occultart #artandalchemy #hendrikgoltzius #woodcut #folklore
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When Knights Were Bold by Eva March Tappan , from 1911. 1939 edition. This illustration from a chapter on Science and Medicine whose subjects include Talismans, rooms, philters, the evil eye, wichcraft, false notions of the alchemists, the philosopher’s stone, the mandrake, the witches’Sabbath, etc. #oldbooks #oldillustration #woodcut #folklore
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Three English “witches” linked with Margaret and Philippe Flower in the 1618 assize who were blamed for the death of the young son of the Earl of Rutland by foul witchcraft. This woodcut Depicts the witches with their familiars including a kitten named “Pusse” #wonderfuldiscoveryofwitches #witchesofinstagram #woodcut
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Wu Hao: Holiday Tiger, 1964
Woodcut (46 x 81 cm) @ the Collection of Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
While many realistic contemporary painters at the time specialized in classical painting styles for tigers, Wu Hao takes another approach with his tiger that makes you think it is not a man performing tiger, as it should be in the festival occasion, but the tiger itself emerging from the man. Remarkable is also the tail that winds around at the rump like a snake before emerging in a curved loop almost touching as it leaves the solid body of the tiger. The lack of ferocity of this tiger is also emphasized by its cat whiskers and the ba-kua trigrams of which only two are visible on the forehead of the tiger.
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From: The true state of England. London : Printed for C. King, and J. Stagg, 1729
JN318 .T865 1729
From: Andrews, Thomas. An enquiry into the causes of the encrease and miseries of the poor of England. London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1738
HV245 .A64 1738
From: Hamor, Ralph, -1626. A true discourse of the estate of Virginia. Albany : J. Munsell, 1860
F229 .H19
Gerda Nordling (May 28, 1875 - 1942) was a Swedish artist, best known for her woodcuts, although she also painted and sculpted. She trained at the Swedish Academy in the 1900s and later at the Académie Lhote in Paris.
She is represented at most major Swedish museums, including Nationalmuseum Stockholm.
Above:Skutor, 1917 - woodcut (Värmlands Museum)
