Pindaric flights - voli pindarici
Training: classical archaeology & Greek
Concern: civilization and more perfect unions
Tuscany, Italy
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For #JUNE 2003
‘Apparitions’
Ted Nasmith (b. 1956). Gouache on illustration board.
*Tolkien Calendar 2003* (HarperCollins) for June
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #TedNasmith #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR
In #JUNE 1959
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‘Inside an acid-splashed glove
- a deft hand holds aloft a draftsman’s pencil amid the complex, angular piping system of a chemical plant. Here art symbolizes the many and varied skills that serve the chemical industry - among them the competence to help plan ➡️
In #JUNE 1955
‘Functional parts of a rotary hearth furnace used to heat steel billets for manufacturing seamless tubing.’
#hearthfurnaces #steel #billets #tubing #steelmanufacture #steelindustry
and build today’s intricate processing systems. ...’
‘Painting by Stanley Meltzoff [1917-2006]’
United Engineers. June 1959.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #industrialsublime #UnitedEngineers #engineeriung #chemicalsindustry #chemicalprocessing
In #JUNE 1951
‘An Elevator conversation you'll never hear’
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists
#OTD in 1946
Cover of The New Yorker, June 22, 1946
Helen E. Hokinson
#TheNewYorkerCover #HelenHokinson
Otis Elevator Company. June 1951.
#elevators #lifts #OtisElevators #ChryslerBuilding
#OTD in 1947
‘New Peenemuende Rises on Rio Grande’s Banks - German Experts Give Lift to Army’s Experimental Rocket Program’
*The New York Times*, 22 June 1947
#FortBliss #OperationPapercliup #WernherVonBraun #RocketScience #BumperRocket
In #JUNE 1953
‘Electronics’
The Philadelphia National Bank
Illustration by George Giusti (1908-1990)
*Fortune*, June 1953
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #GeorgeGiusti #graphicdesign #graphicdesigners #electronics #PhiladelphiaNationalBank
‘Increase Productivity, Save Space, And Cut Fuel Costs With Salem-Brosius Rotary Hearth Furnaces’
Salem-Brosius, Inc. June 1955.
#industrialsublime #SalemBrosius
