vintage landscapes

<n>Shooting Star</n>, an 1849 illustration by <n>J. J. Grandville</n> from the book <n>Les étoiles</n>.

“There is a wonderful time coming. But because it begins in the night, there are many that shall not see it, because of their sleep and great drunkenness; yet the sun will shine to the children at midnight.”

 JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
‘The Teutonic Theosopher’
Art: Black Sun/Sun…

A rendering of the <n>Babel</n> project in Tulum. Visuals by <n>VER</n>.

Cover illustration for <n>Ghost Stories And Other Horrid Tales</n> by <n>C.W. Steward</n>.

<n>Still Life with Silver</n> by <n>Alexandre François Desportes</n>.

The pen and ink drawing <n>Stardust</n> by <n>The Gnarled Branch</n>.

<n>Altarpiece, No. 1</n> (1915) from <n>Hilma af Klint</n>'s '<n>Paintings for the Temple</n>' series.

<n>The Swing</n>, a <n>Rococo</n> masterpiece painted by <n>Jean-Honoré Fragonard</n> in 1767.

Illustration by <n>Christian Broutin</n> from the <n>JCA Annual 9</n>.

A garden in Provence designed by landscape architect <n>Dominique Lafourcade</n>. Photo by <n>Clive Nichols</n>.

An example of <n>French Decorative Bookbinding</n> from the 18th century.

Engraved allegorical frontispiece for <n>Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus sive Telescopium</n> (1685) by <n>Johann Zahn</n>.

<n>Dresden</n>, a 2013 photograph by <n>Thomas Zhuang</n>.

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Illustration from the 19th-century Masonic manuscript <n>Alchymie du maçon</n> by <n>François-Nicolas Noël</n>.