Traditional Art

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From dabblers to masters, obscure to popular and ancient to futuristic, this is an inclusive community dedicated to showcasing all types of art by all kinds of artists, as long as they're made in a traditional medium

'Traditional' here means 'Physical', as in artworks which are NON-DIGITAL in nature.

What's allowed: Acrylic, Pastel, Encaustic, Gouache, Oil and Watercolor Paintings; Ink Illustrations; Manga Panels; Pencil and Charcoal sketches; Collages; Etchings; Lithographs; Wood Prints; Pottery; Ceramics; Metal, Wire and paper sculptures; Tapestry; weaving; Qulting; Wood carvings, Armor Crafting and more.

What's not allowed: Digital art (anything made with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Blender, GIMP or other art programs) or AI art (anything made with Stable Diffusion, Midjourney or other models)

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The Road to Jerusalem - J-F Michaud (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While this plate does belong to the book “history of the crusades” by Joseph-François Michaud. The original volumes (1-6) did not have plates until the posthumous edition in 1875. That edition is a medium folio in 2 volumes. This medium folio edition has this image (seen above) as 1 of 100 commissioned plates that were created by Gustav Doré.

It’s come to my attention that the above image is not by Doré, but another artist done for another edition in around 1886. If you want to see the plates by Doré, Dover publications (Dover pictorial archives) has a large paperback edition of just his plates for the book

isbn-10: 0486295974
ISBN-13: 978-0486295978

Edits for clarity and grammar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is the angel urging them on?

Or warning them not to go?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Look I have a sword and I'm not afraid to use it if you keep pretending you're doing this for us!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That might not be an angel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

BE NOT AFRAID

[–] Siegfried 2 points 1 year ago

The first crusade was metal