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Gérard de Nerval, Généalogie fantastique, dite aussi délirante, 1841

Key Tree, Seklycia prie uosio, Panevezys, Lithuania

Masaaki Sasamoto is a Japanese painter. His work is dense with symbolism and fantastic imagery. Several reviewers noted the influence of the painter Klimt on Sasamoto’s work. His w…

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Abandoned lung sanatorium, Germany, 2017. flickr ◄ ► instagram

To be an architect with vision in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 80s, was to witness a near complete loss of Moscow’s historical architectural heritage. Restrictions on aesthetics, quality building materials, and access to skilled labor resulted in poorly designed structures void of inspiration that were practically destined to crumble. Architects with any shred of ambition were severely limited by communist bureaucracy and were often outright penalized for their ideas. Desperately seeking a creative outlet, these constrained artists and designers turned instead to paper. More

L’artista svizzero Thomas Ott, mago del disegno graffiato in bianco su superfici nere, torna a inquietare il suo affezionato pubblico con un “silent book”.

In thoughts from visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit glided before my face – The hair of …

Thomas Couture (1815-1879), French painter, was born at Senlis (Oise), and studied under Baron A. J. Gros and Paul Delaroche, winning a Prix de Rome in 1837. He began exhibiting historical and genre pictures at the Salon in 1840, and obtained several medals

Krysar, Jirí Barta