tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post6245288427525527002..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: The Flammarion Wood EngravingAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-19321735765060608232015-02-15T09:53:09.630-05:002015-02-15T09:53:09.630-05:00Satya, a woodcut is not just the block itself but ...Satya, a woodcut is not just the block itself but the image printed from a carved block, and there's no doubt that the Flammarion woodcut exists. It is not simply a drawing, because the image in the book was created by printing a carved block. (The blocks for most older woodcuts no longer exist or are lost, and in the nineteenth century some artists began deliberately destroying their blocks after a limited edition had been printed.) Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-73841704977733260742015-02-13T18:43:01.083-05:002015-02-13T18:43:01.083-05:00Thank you so much, Ann Nydam. I have the same dou...Thank you so much, Ann Nydam. I have the same doubt. In my opinion it would be more appropriate to call it the Flammarion drawing rather than Flammarion wood cut.Satya Murthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13344421780017982825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-56868212406717435512015-02-11T13:04:03.537-05:002015-02-11T13:04:03.537-05:00Are you asking whether the carved block from which...Are you asking whether the carved block from which it was printed still exists? If so, not that I know of. There are copies of the original edition of the book with the illustration in it.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-75225827137020469902015-02-11T12:35:51.308-05:002015-02-11T12:35:51.308-05:00Does this wood cut really exist or all we have is ...Does this wood cut really exist or all we have is just the image ?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-31468026684719109892011-02-09T19:19:33.502-05:002011-02-09T19:19:33.502-05:00Nan, I had to go look up the poem you quoted since...Nan, I had to go look up the poem you quoted since I wasn't familiar with it. Really lovely - thanks for introducing me!<br /><br />Pax, I suppose it could be Ezekiel's wheel up there, although I don't know of any particular evidence one way or the other.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-24375949479232760832011-02-09T11:59:19.757-05:002011-02-09T11:59:19.757-05:00Could that wheel in the upper left corner refer to...Could that wheel in the upper left corner refer to Ezekiel? The sky definitely does not look medieval to me, but the concept and design are cool.Paxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-26131398656465201632011-02-09T10:21:28.441-05:002011-02-09T10:21:28.441-05:00It's a wonderful image, and it brought to mind...It's a wonderful image, and it brought to mind Robinson Jeffers:<br /><br />"Through rifts in the screen of the world pale gold gleams, and the evening<br />Star suddenly glides like a flying torch.<br />As if we had not been meant to see her; rehearsing behind<br />The screen of the world for another audience."Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03628939745894807912noreply@blogger.com