tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post1314640554201448476..comments2024-03-18T07:25:03.802-07:00Comments on Against The Wicked City: If Romantic-Era Artists Ran D&D Campaigns (AKA 'a thin excuse for an image dump')Joseph Manolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-6649477053814220372017-11-09T14:31:07.477-08:002017-11-09T14:31:07.477-08:00Nice! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,...Nice! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-25348792859221110352017-11-07T20:54:18.399-08:002017-11-07T20:54:18.399-08:00I had a lot of fun reading this, J. Manola, so I h...I had a lot of fun reading this, J. Manola, so I had to write my own version. <br /><br />"Czech Early 20th Century Artists as DMs - Inspired by Against the Wicked City"<br /><br />https://zrzavy.blogspot.com/2017/11/czech-early-20th-century-artists-as-dms.htmlKarel Machahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753758856975674463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-46468518828519933202017-03-31T14:12:17.547-07:002017-03-31T14:12:17.547-07:00By way of approaching things from the critical end...By way of approaching things from the critical end of the artistic world, I put together this....http://worldbuildingandwoolgathering.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/john-ruskin-rolls-up-character.htmlSolomon VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763252777153908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-38907394119764590992017-02-12T05:03:32.835-08:002017-02-12T05:03:32.835-08:00Sure - go ahead!Sure - go ahead!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-18686636789290842942017-02-11T18:40:41.126-08:002017-02-11T18:40:41.126-08:00Hi! This text is awesome! Would you allow me to tr...Hi! This text is awesome! Would you allow me to translate it to portuguese? (with all due credits, of course!)Vilson A. M. Gonçalveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041356116793059972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-57403743837327829092016-10-11T05:07:30.764-07:002016-10-11T05:07:30.764-07:00Ack! You're quite right! (This is where incaut...Ack! You're quite right! (This is where incautious use of Google Image Search will get you, kids.) I've swapped it with Friedrich's 'Chasseur im Walde', instead.<br /><br />On the plus side, this has introduced me to the works of Johan Christian Dahl...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-26321824117227631142016-10-10T23:25:04.704-07:002016-10-10T23:25:04.704-07:00I really love this post (and the sequel). It's...I really love this post (and the sequel). It's a really fun thought experiment. <br /><br />However, I think one of the pics here is misattributed. Isn't the first pic for Friedrich actually Johan Christian Dahl's View of Dresen By Moonlight? It mean it IS similar to some of Friedrich's paintings, but I'm pretty sure it's Dahl's.Elwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463031513077633944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-189489519417998442016-09-29T06:52:33.362-07:002016-09-29T06:52:33.362-07:00Martin is the best, indeed.Martin is the best, indeed.Lukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18210941654513813581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-25449406854066661572016-09-26T04:06:10.324-07:002016-09-26T04:06:10.324-07:00Wow. There's an exhibition I'd like to hav...Wow. There's an exhibition I'd like to have seen. I'll have to see if I can get hold of the catalogue!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-21490360349667300012016-09-25T08:06:11.812-07:002016-09-25T08:06:11.812-07:00I couldn't resisting making one for Cole:
Tho...I couldn't resisting making one for Cole:<br /><br /><a href="http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2016/09/thomas-cole-dm.html" rel="nofollow">Thomas Cole, DM</a> <br /><br />It focuses on his European landscapes & more fantastical works.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-37281279502263487102016-09-21T23:20:17.871-07:002016-09-21T23:20:17.871-07:00You should check "L'ange du bizarre. Le r...You should check "L'ange du bizarre. Le romantisme noir de Goya à Max Ernst", an exhibition that happened in 2013 at Orsay museum in Paris, lots of good stuff hereJean-François Lebretonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310676119910035535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-33750160472145451042016-09-21T16:24:44.633-07:002016-09-21T16:24:44.633-07:00very clever!very clever!Jarrett Perduehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781934913113611353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-35732599953604583432016-09-21T15:58:24.849-07:002016-09-21T15:58:24.849-07:00Thanks! And I like the Callot post you wrote on yo...Thanks! And I like the Callot post you wrote on your blog in response. I think I've seen all those images at one point or another, but never realised that they were all by the same artist...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-60967297240924322262016-09-21T15:54:01.445-07:002016-09-21T15:54:01.445-07:00That flower that lets you look into heaven is a to...That flower that lets you look into heaven is a total trap item, though.<br /><br />HEAVEN LOOKS BACK.Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-32949340805030885162016-09-21T15:52:27.466-07:002016-09-21T15:52:27.466-07:00I KNOW RIGHT
Fun fact: the Brontë siblings decora...I KNOW RIGHT<br /><br />Fun fact: the Brontë siblings decorated their living room at Haworth Parsonage with John Martin prints. So if you've ever wondered what Emily was looking at while writing 'Wuthering Heights', well, now you know!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-33866650569432946012016-09-21T15:48:20.939-07:002016-09-21T15:48:20.939-07:00Thanks! And thanks for commenting, and thus giving...Thanks! And thanks for commenting, and thus giving me a chance to discover your blog. With the volume of OSR material out there, the more judicious reviewers we have, the better!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-39444556948471000312016-09-21T15:42:18.786-07:002016-09-21T15:42:18.786-07:00Hm! Max Ernst's 'Une semaine de bonté'...Hm! Max Ernst's 'Une semaine de bonté' is actually a big influence on how I imagine the Wicked City, spiritually if not visually.<br /><br />Maybe I should just stomp forwards through history, one artistic movement at a time...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-3203873348005105912016-09-21T15:37:12.736-07:002016-09-21T15:37:12.736-07:00I think that would be an extremely sensible decisi...I think that would be an extremely sensible decision. Otherwise things would probably get really creepy really fast. Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-17181071934161216742016-09-21T15:35:44.748-07:002016-09-21T15:35:44.748-07:00Hey, good suggestion! I don't know much of the...Hey, good suggestion! I don't know much of the American art of the period, so thanks for the tip!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-80301332339284284252016-09-21T15:32:51.157-07:002016-09-21T15:32:51.157-07:00'The Rake's Progress' is like watching...'The Rake's Progress' is like watching someone roll their way through a lifepath character generation system while suffering from really, really bad luck. They start off with a promising young aristocrat, and eight dice-rolls later they're stuck with a naked penniless lunatic, instead...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-5858150631855301022016-09-21T14:14:07.794-07:002016-09-21T14:14:07.794-07:00Well done. My hat is off to you.Well done. My hat is off to you.Gaston's Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153032266563901843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-29192544451888690262016-09-21T08:28:23.992-07:002016-09-21T08:28:23.992-07:00Blake told me in a rare vulnerable moment that he ...Blake told me in a rare vulnerable moment that he believed HE was the Heart of Satan, and we were all inside HIM...<br /><br />Still got some kick-ass loot, though: A grain of sand that let you see AN ENTIRE WORLD!kesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494262159858200847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-23995166612782818242016-09-21T01:50:43.299-07:002016-09-21T01:50:43.299-07:00I like that Friedrich but Martin FTW.I like that Friedrich but Martin FTW.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-40078274581944784662016-09-21T00:59:22.953-07:002016-09-21T00:59:22.953-07:00Géricault runs really grim WFRP-style campaigns wh...Géricault runs really grim WFRP-style campaigns where every NPC is dark and brooding if they're not horrible. If you buy or even see a horse he stops the game for 2 minutes to roll all its traits and characteristics up on a table of his own devising.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-30405080727131114722016-09-20T23:03:39.589-07:002016-09-20T23:03:39.589-07:00Excellent post!Excellent post!Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.com