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Found 170 posts tagged ‘light and dark’

Two Sides / Same Coin – December 20, 2016

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Light in Darkness, 1864.

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* Inspired by Jeff Hawkins.

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#yin and yang #light and dark

Two Sides / Same Coin – December 11, 2016

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The Heir of Heaven Walking in Darkness, and the Heir of Hell Walking in Light by Joseph Charles Philpot, 1837.

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* Inspired by Jeff Hawkins.

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#satan #good and evil #light and dark #heaven and hell #heir of hell #heir of heaven

Go Out in a Blaze of Glory – December 10, 2016

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"Electric candles for a light pattern," from Hunter College's Wistarion yearbook, 1955.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #candles #light and darkness #illustration #light pattern

Restoring the Lost Sense – December 5, 2016

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From L'Ame Amante de Son Dieu, Representée dans les Emblémes de Hermannus Hugo Sur ses Pieux Desirs, 1717.

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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]

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#vintage illustration #emblem #father time #sun and moon #light and dark #illustration

Colorful Allusions – November 29, 2016

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Here's an example of "the creation of mystery in the lighting of open courts," from the Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 1917.

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* Though printed in black and white, great literature is bursting with vibrant colour. In this rebus-style puzzle, color words and parts of words have been replaced with colored boxes. Try to guess the exact hue of each. Roll your mouse over the colored boxes to reveal the missing words. Click the colored boxes to learn more about each hue. Special thanks to Paul Dean for his colorful research.

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#light and dark #outdoor lighting #dramatic lighting

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 25, 2016

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24 hours in 20 periods of night, twilight, and day. From Diel and Seasonal Activities of Culicoides Spp. Near Yankeetown, Florida by Thomas Henry Lillie, 1985.

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#twilight #darkness #light and dark #night and day #moon phases #diel #time cycle #daylight

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 24, 2016

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From Christian Similitudes by John Warner Barber, 1866.

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#vintage illustration #demon #christianity #atheism #two-faced #light and darkness #illustration #art

Restoring the Lost Sense – November 21, 2016

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From L'Ame Amante de Son Dieu, Representée dans les Emblémes de Hermannus Hugo Sur ses Pieux Desirs, 1717.

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#vintage illustration #angel #emblem #light and dark #hide and seek #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – October 13, 2016

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From Regula Emblematica Sancti Benedicti, 1780.

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#vintage illustration #sword #light and dark #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – October 3, 2016

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From the Field Museum of Natural History "Bulletin," 1972.

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#vintage illustration #birds #dark and light #light and dark #overlap #black and white #illustration

Colorful Allusions – September 27, 2016

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Here's an example of how "steam cauldrons and fiery serpent flambeaux" in addition to "the happy effect of orange colored cloister lanterns" and "flaring gas and ruby steam cauldrons and torches on the tower" heighten the feeling of mystery in a courtyard at night. From the Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 1917. It's "a section of the Court of Abundance, showing the organ tower and Aitken fountain."

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#outdoor lightning #light in darkness

Restoring the Lost Sense – September 2, 2016

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From Regula Emblematica Sancti Benedicti, 1780.

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#vintage illustration #emblem #sun #light and dark #illustration

Colorful Allusions – August 31, 2016

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Here's an example of "the creation of mystery in the lighting of open courts," from the Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 1917. The "third dimension in light" is achieved through a combination of white flood light and color relief light. The scintillator and fireworks were approximately one-third of a mile in the background."

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#light effects #outdoor lighting #flood lights #light in darkness

Restoring the Lost Sense – July 16, 2016

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"Tally-ho. This light shows the way." An ad from McClure's Magazine, 1896.

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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #bicycle #illumination #cycling #flashlight #light and darkness #illustration #art #ad

Postcard Transformations – May 25, 2016

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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to bring on the night.

Collins Ave. looking south from 17th St., Miami Beach, Florida

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#vintage postcard #florida #miami beach #night and day #gif #darkness and light #postcard

Restoring the Lost Sense – February 28, 2016

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It's been said that "even a simple game of marbles can end in a broken window." From an 1887 ad.

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#vintage ad #sphere #crystal ball #polarity #dark and light #two sides #hemispheres #ad

Restoring the Lost Sense – January 16, 2016

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"The city of light," from Valdmer the Viking by Hume Nisbet, 1893.

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#vintage illustration #city of light #illumination #light in the darkness #illustration

Restoring the Lost Sense – January 1, 2016

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Even stars and star angels have their dark sides. We find our proof in Arona by P. Perucchetti, 1894.

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#angel #star #duality #wings #dark side #light and dark

Do-Re-Midi – October 22, 2015

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"There is dark, and there is light": a musical Yin/Yang from Beauty and the Beast: A Humorous Cantata by Edmund Rogers, 1882. Note how the sharp and double-sharp symbols offer shimmers of light.

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