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Sunday, November 26, 2017

S K Y L I N E S . . . of big cities

Toronto architecture, a photograph of a giant apartment building
Toronto
      
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Sabina airline poster, a city skyline at night
a Sabina airline poster
     
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Rik Smits art, a city skyline at night
Rik Smits art       see full size
      
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Scandinavian Airlines System poster, a city skyline at night
Scandinavian Airlines System
          
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Mario Chiattone art
Mario Chiattone
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a 1783 balloon flight in France
a 1783 balloon flight
         
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a C.G. Evers illustration
a C.G. Evers illustration,  1940s?       see full size
     
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a Viktor Schreckengost painting of an urban skyline at night
Viktor Schreckengost
     
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1888 New York City, an illustration of Coenties Slip
1888 New York City       see full size
Coenties Slip 2017, Wikipedia:  although surrounded by skyscrapers,
a row of buildings from the 19th century still stands along the block that
is open to vehicles, and these buildings are in active use by small businesses
     
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a poster, New Zealand 1840 - 1940 centennial
a 1940 poster for the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
     
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a Winsor Mccay newspaper editorial cartoon       see full size
"get rich quick"    "bootleg whiskey"    "crime"    "dope"
     
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Harvey comics, Little Dot looking at a city at night
Harvey comics, 1960s?
     
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a Boris Bilinsky 1927 poster for Fritz Lang's film,  Metropolis
see full size
     
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Ivan Bilibin illustration
Russia:  an Ivan Bilibin book illustration

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a Frans Masereel woodcut
a Frans Masereel woodcut
     
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a Frans Masereel woodcut, a couple's urban depression and sadness
Frans Masereel
     
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an Alexander Leydenfrost illustration of flooded New York city in disaster
an Alexander Leydenfrost illustration       see full size
Alexander Leydenfrost was a baron in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy,
and a very successful illustrator in the USA
          
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a Merrill Grant illustration of a harbor and city skyline for a children's book
a Merrill Grant 1960s children's book illustration       see full size
     
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a photograph of the back of giant rooftop advertising billboards in 1928
the back of rooftop advertising billboards in 1928
     
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M.C. Escher, a town's rooftops and church, Amsterdam
part of 1934 Amsterdam:  an M.C. Escher print
     
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an artist's concept drawing for a Disney animation       see full size
     
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Disney Land Of Symphony animation background
Disney Land Of Symphony
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        a 1930 photograph vision of 1980
a 1930 vision of 1980       see full size
 
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Frank R. Paul, 100 years hence, a future city, Hugo Gernsback
a Frank R. Paul magazine illustration       see full size
     
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1938 USA skyscrapers, a photograph 1938  USA
     
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Mel Crawford, Yogi Bear
from Mel Crawford children's book, 1960s
     
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a Ronald Searle urban rooftop gardener in a city skyline
a Ronald Searle illustration       see full size
     
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a watercolor Gilbey's Gin ad 1962
a 1961 watercolor illustration       see full size
     
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an art installation by Zhan Wang, stainless steel city
an art installation by Zhan Wang       see full size
     
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an art installation by Zhan Wang, stainless steel city
Zhan Wang       see full size
     
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Ben Tolman art, 2015, a city skyline
Ben Tolman,  2015