April 1965 National Geographic

Click "Read More" to see all of the images! The following captioned images are scanned at 300dpi from the April 1965 edition of National Geographic. The subject matter is primarily related to the 1964-1965 World's  Fair in New York and the battle between Grant and Lee at Appomattox. Enjoy!

June 1965 National Geographic

Click "Read More" to see all of the images! The following captioned images are scanned at 300dpi from the June 1965 edition of National Geographic. They still have to be captioned.

September 1965 National Geographic

Click "Read More" to see all of the images! The following captioned images are scanned at 300dpi from the September 1965 edition of National Geographic. They still have to be captioned.

Assorted 1965 National Geographic Scans

The captions alongside the photos were written by me unless quoted - believe me I know that my shoddy captions aren't the best... but I lost the original ones so I thought I might as well write based off memory while I can still remember what these photos speak.

Two Peaches, A Beautiful Reproduction

After Ko Chung-hsüan's "Two Peaches on a Branch". Such a simple, beautiful piece. This is a Chinese colour woodcut with the intent by the artist to have that characteristic oriental watercolour appearance. This came from a set of books that combined poems with simple pictures of fruit and flowers - such as this work. Although I scanned this, I have yet to find the accompanying poem - I really want to read it. I love simple art like this - it's so often taken for granted and placed in bathrooms, doomed to be forever unnoticed.

Harunobu Captures the Mundane

Suzuki Harunobu's "Mother and Child with Bird". Note how, aside from slight flushes of colour on the bird and floor, there remains almost no graduation of colour at all in the work. Each colour is a solid block of tone in this traditional Japanese woodcut. Something about traditional Japanese woodcuts is just so appealing - they're always full of such simplicity, yet the simplicity seems so intense at the same time. Harunobu was known for making a lot of prints from seemingly mundane domestic scenes such as this - exhibiting a side culture at the time that was seldom seen with samurai and actors and scenic prints seeming to dominate the Japanese print scene (at least from my point of view). I scanned this from a portfolio book.

This was a scanning mistake I made. I thought it looked neat, so I included it.

Silly Soldiers in Serious Circumstances

Simon Marmion's "Soldiers from the Crucifixion", 1470. Oil and tempura on wood. Also scanned, of course. Apparently one of his best works. I love the detail on the soldier's helmet, although overall the outfits seem somewhat fruity/whimsical (especially concerning the circumstances). The casual poses of the "soldiers" seem out of place as well (I'm assuming from the title and surroundings that they're in Golgotha). Overall, even though the soldiers seem silly, the detail in their outfits definitely shows Marmion's talent.