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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam poster featuring Kamille and Fa in the March 1986 issue of My Anime.

Illustration by Naoyuki Onda and Kouichi Mikami.

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John Collier

Portrait of Doris Allan, Lady Vernon

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Théophile Steinlen - Two women in a dormitory (ca. 1892)

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Georg Kolbe (German, 1877-1947)

A Summer Day, 1903

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La nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus) ~ 1884 ~ Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (Italian painter, 1844-1905)

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The Mermaid Pl 4, 1911 Edmund Dulac

Mermaid Mondays

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The Siren by John William Waterhouse (1900)

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CADMUS SLAYS THE DRAGON /1573-1617/ by HENDRIK GOLTZIUS

This is a scene from Greek mythology, Cadmus, is in a deadly battle with a dragon guarding a sacred spring. The dragon killed his men sent to fetch water, When Cadmus discovered the fate of his men, he vowed to avenge them, leading to the dramatic confrontation depicted in Goltzius' painting.

In the composition, one of the dragon's heads is devouring Cadmus' companions. While he thrusts his spear in another of the heads, it is a moment of violence and vengeance. The figures in the painting have detailed anatomical features, highlighting the interest in human form common during that time.

Right after the dragon's defeat, a voice prophesied that Cadmus would one day become a serpent himself. Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, then appeared to Cadmus, instructing him to sow the dragon's teeth into the soil. This act would lead to the creation of a new race of warriors known as the Spartoi, leading to the founding of Thebes.

After a while, Cadmus reflected on his past and expressed a wish to be transformed into a snake as punishment for his actions. He lamented, "If that serpent was sacred... may I lay out my length as a long-bellied snake? "No sooner had he uttered these words than he was indeed transformed into a serpent.

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'The Reunion of Body and Soul' by William Blake, 1813.

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Iris (John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1886)

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The Children of Lir (John Duncan, 1924)

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Hieronymus Bosch

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Late 60s Early 70s medieval revival part 1

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Gillis Coignet

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18th century german noble’s dress but it’s Hatsune Miku

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Charles Ricketts, The Great Worm, 1899

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‘Moonlit Dreams’ by Gabriel Ferrier, c. 1874.