fuckyeahvintageillustration:

‘Children’s Stories from French Fairy Tales’ by Doris Ashley; illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Published 1917 by Raphael Tuck, London.

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tytodiem:

ILLUSTRATIONS OF SNOWFLAKES (1863)

dcwomenkickingass:

Wonderful Portraits of DC Women

Absolutely wonderful set of portraits of DC women by the Japanese artist known as Kit. You can check out his DA page here. They are all lovely but I like his Power Girl and Catwoman (comic version) best.

bleistift-und-radiergummi:

‘Interiors’ Magazine November 1953 – Cover Design by Aldo Giurgola

typette:

superfurryfuntime:

Thierry Martin

artmonia:

I’m An Animal | Jensine Eckwall.

tatteredbanners:

YULE GOAT

The Yule Goats origins might go as far back as to pre-Christian days. A popular theory is that the celebration of the goat is in connection to the Norse god Thor, who rode the sky in a chariot drawn by two goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr. It is also known that in old agricultural Scandinavia, one of the the last sheaf of corn bundled in the harvest was credited with magical properties as the spirit of the harvest and saved for the Yule celebrations, called among other things ‘julbocken’ (the Yule Goat). In Sweden, people thought of the Yule Goat as an invisible spirit that would appear some time before Christmas to make sure that the Yule preparations were done right. Objects made out of straw or roughly-hewn wood could also be called the Yule Goat, and in older Scandinavian society a popular Christmas prank was to place this Yule Goat in a neighbour’s house without them noticing; the family successfully pranked had to get rid of it in the same way. During the 19th century the Yule Goat’s role all over Scandinavia shifted towards becoming the giver of Christmas gifts, with one of the men in the family dressing up as the Yule Goat

(from http://nordic-aputsiaq.blogspot.dk/ )