But then Jez Gordon was like "Who's Egon Schiele?" and was like ok that's weird because clearly the artistic lineage there is:
Jez Gordon ---(influenced by)----> Late Frank Miller ----(influenced by) ----> Mid-era Bill Sienkiewicz ---(influenced by)----> Egon Schiele
...and so if one of the best emerging illustrators in the DIY D&D scene doesn't know his roots, then what about everybody else?
Plus it'll be fun. I like looking at pictures and I like thinking about pictures.
So I'm guessing/hoping this'll be a series of posts. I'm gonna just lay out here how I am thinking I'll organize the entries. I may not do them in order.
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Ancient Art: Blasphemous Things You Find In A Cave |
3000 years of China Being Way Ahead of Everyone
Finnish Sculpture Paints That Culture As A Frozen Sinkhole Of Goggle-Eyed Madmen
Egypt: Not Always Boring
Meso-America: Let's Stack Things!
Greece And Rome: zzzzzzzzz
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Medieval European Art: Beyond Things With Weird Necks |
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Indian & Middle-Eastern Art of the Middle Ages: Imposing a Sense of Bejewelled And Labyrinthine Order On Every Fucking Thing |
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The Northern Renaissance & The International Style: Way Better Than That Other Renaissance They Taught You About In School |
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Painting & Printmaking in China and Japan: Mountains, Mist, Nightmarish Tentacle-Porn Precursor Things |
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Post-Renaissance But Pre-Modern Europe: Guys Holding Swords They Probably Won't Use |
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Wood, Water, and Wire: The Art That Freaked Colonialists Out |
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Decadent Art of the Call of Cthulhu Era: Please Nobody Tell Wundergeek Europe Exists |
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Symbolism, Surrealism and Other Products of Drug Abuse |
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Every Good Early Illustrator I Can Think Of: A.K.A. The Post That Other DIY D&D People Have Probably Already Done Better Than Me But I Should Probably Do Anyway |
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Fine Art After WW2: Actually, You Do Like Modern Art, It's Just They Don't Want You To Know That |