Masters of the Fantastic
Until 8th June, New York City
‘Masters of the Fantastic’ is a new exhibition
at the Society of Illustrators in New York.
More than 100 of the finest works will be on
display, including paintings from Chesley
Bonestell, Hannes Bok, Jeffrey Jones, Frank
Frazetta, Boris Vallejo and Michael Whelan.
https://www.societyillustrators.org/
Pictures, from left, across double-page:
‘Hari Seldon’ (detail), cover art for Asimov’s
Foundation books, by Michael Whelan — on
show at ‘Masters of the Fantastic’ in 2019.
Filippo Brunelleschi experiments with 3D
during the building of Florence Cathedral.
His hand-held mirror becomes a ‘picture
plane’ on which the perspective of a building
is seen via a peep-hole in the picture itself.
A Phoenix bird rises from its own ashes, in a
bestiary of circa 1270. Unknown illustrator,
perhaps northern France near Calais.
Fantasy creature and rider by Arent van
Bolten. He made drawings and engravings
circa 1588-1633 in Italy and Holland.
Thinking 3D
Until February 2020, Oxford, UK
‘Thinking 3D: Leonardo to the present’ is a
substantial exhibition from 21st March to 9th
February 2020, at the Bodleian in Oxford.
For centuries, artists and scientists have
wrestled with how to convey three-
dimensional objects on a 2D surface.
‘Thinking 3D’ tells the story of the
development of three-dimensional
communication over the last 500 years. The
exhibition shows how innovative techniques
in western art, developed from the
Renaissance onwards, revolutionized the
accurate depiction of anatomy, architecture,
astronomy and geometry. ‘Thinking 3D’ also
explores technological advances up to the
present day — including 3D modelling, 3D
photography and stereoscopy. This
exhibition will be accompanied in summer
2019 by two other exhibitions in Oxford, on
the adoption of 3D techniques in botanical
illustration. Also at the Bodelian, from 13th
July, is their exhibition ‘We Look to the Moon’
which celebrates... “the study of, and
fascination with, all things lunar.”
https://www.thinking3d.ac.uk/