tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post515223484221792330..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Vintage Dinosaur Art: The Mysterious World of DinosaursUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-12780329689577396852017-10-08T13:58:24.713-04:002017-10-08T13:58:24.713-04:00I still have my copy of this book from my childhoo...I still have my copy of this book from my childhood. That Gorgosaurus was one of my favourite illustrations in the book.Max Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089439113181038309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-64324981101525921122016-07-28T13:24:43.112-04:002016-07-28T13:24:43.112-04:00Oh goodness, I literally spewed coffee all over my...Oh goodness, I literally spewed coffee all over my laptop screen when I saw that Gorgosaurus. He either looks like the mutant illegitimate child of a kangaroo and a sea lion, or perhaps Barney after getting caught in an oil spill.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457405943277634544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-9772241540748832442014-12-10T14:00:21.148-05:002014-12-10T14:00:21.148-05:00Thank you so much for this comment - we do indeed ...Thank you so much for this comment - we do indeed strive to put forth the qualities you find so welcoming, and it's nice to have a bit of confirmation that we achieve our goal, at least from time to time.davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-44667237153088441922014-12-09T02:30:36.200-05:002014-12-09T02:30:36.200-05:00God I love this place. I just stumbled across it t...God I love this place. I just stumbled across it tonight, and it's everything I've ever wanted from a paleo-site. I get physically ill sifting through all of the "accuracy" fetishism of every other dino site, that gives no consideration to the researchers and artists that put us where we are now. I understand the need for educational materials etc. but I fully believe that archaic dino-art is has just as much artistic merit as a form of fantasy escapism. As long as we're up front and honest about that, I think tail-draggers and fossil restorations can peacefully co-exist, in the same house even!<br /><br />And then along comes LITC, a dinosaur website with a sense of humor about the giant freakin' bird monsters that we'll never meet anyway. A place that treats the people as if they were just as important as the dinosaurs. As an artist (and I use that term loosely) that's all I've wanted: for people to examine the person who presents the information as much as the data itself. All paleontology is biased by human perception, so the people are a pretty important part of that equation I'd say. Especially the artists that spend their precious time depicting animals that will be considered irrelevant and quaint in five years' time. Plus, I stumbled across articles covering artists I DEEPLY respect, and never would have expected like Barlowe and Ross Campbell. So, thank you, for being a respite of sanity and mirth in a hobby that's far too often callous and unwelcoming.Orcfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999627916225901023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-25415819464567601282014-10-17T21:45:47.723-04:002014-10-17T21:45:47.723-04:00Right, it was this one: http://www.amazon.de/Dinos...Right, it was this one: http://www.amazon.de/Dinosaurier-Urmenschen-Illustrationen-Francis-Phillipps/dp/B00539ADAU It came with additional material and pictures of cavemen and Pleistocene megafauna and all that.Azmodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17417844696040103938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-466525115807581902014-10-16T13:45:56.022-04:002014-10-16T13:45:56.022-04:00If the assortment of images here is to be believed...If the assortment of images here is to be believed, I used to own a/the German edition of this book as a kid, with a very different cover (I believe it was a slightly adjusted version of the Allosaurus-Stegosaurus ouroboros you posted). I don't remember the title, but I do remember the very evocative and menacing imagery. Cool to see these pictures again after all this time, quite the blast from a past.<br /><br />By the way, I remember the lauded Struthiomimus painting posted here http://chasmosaurs.blogspot.co.at/2012/02/vintage-dinosaur-art-i-spy-dinosaurs.html is also from this book, as is the Ankylosaurus.Azmodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17417844696040103938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-32363320139809060932014-07-21T20:05:50.095-04:002014-07-21T20:05:50.095-04:00LOL, That Gorgosaurus looks like the unholy lovech...LOL, That Gorgosaurus looks like the unholy lovechild of Godzilla and Hedorah indeedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-38834210984511529812014-07-14T07:01:42.065-04:002014-07-14T07:01:42.065-04:00I will have nightmares with that blobby, petroleum...I will have nightmares with that blobby, petroleumish, red pig-nosed creature...Luis Miguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957845245289477724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-30408338433699496622014-07-12T12:16:03.640-04:002014-07-12T12:16:03.640-04:00Poor old Iguanodon looks like he's got a bad c...Poor old Iguanodon looks like he's got a bad case of 'conifer's revenge'.Stu Pondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389601261560266346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-2791560040438232252014-07-10T22:10:14.922-04:002014-07-10T22:10:14.922-04:00Spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam, wonderful spa...Spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam,...<br /><br />You, Sir, are a scoundrel and a blaggard.Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197384873600545231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-66633773312830051952014-07-10T11:15:39.227-04:002014-07-10T11:15:39.227-04:00So that sent me on a search and I came across Hein...So that sent me on a search and I came across Heinrich Harder's Iguanodon from 1914 which does have something going on at its throat, but the online reproductions I found of it are too small to decide wether that is a dewlap (Harder seems somewhat fond of those, his Mosasaurus does definitely sport a dewlap and is probably the weirdest specimen of its kind I ever came across). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iguanodon_Heinrich_Harder.jpgThomas Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062076693215115940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-77333725204227882762014-07-10T07:57:54.854-04:002014-07-10T07:57:54.854-04:00My bad, I meant Mantell, back when he only had som...My bad, I meant Mantell, back when he only had some teeth to go by. That was quite literally a giant iguana. Going through my oldest books (30's-50's), I realize bipedal Iguanodon appears with a thin, scaly neck with nothing even close to a dewlap, so you're probably right.Thomas Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062076693215115940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-34870361594255673172014-07-10T07:39:40.265-04:002014-07-10T07:39:40.265-04:00Yeah, that was brought up on Facebook, too; I'...Yeah, that was brought up on Facebook, too; I've made an addition to text. Can't believe I forgot that. Duh.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-90058756696626316292014-07-10T07:38:02.342-04:002014-07-10T07:38:02.342-04:00Aye, but I swear that many of the earliest depicti...Aye, but I swear that many of the earliest depictions of the Dollo-style 'kangaroo Iguanodon' (which might as well have been of a different animal) were sans dewlap. (I also think it's a bit unfair to say that Owen thought he had a 'giant iguana' on his hands. Oversized reptile, yes, but he could see they weren't like any reptiles alive today...even if he got the look rather...off.)Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-85145082685642648752014-07-10T07:21:55.446-04:002014-07-10T07:21:55.446-04:00One gets the impression Philipps is halfheartedly ...One gets the impression Philipps is halfheartedly wasting his talents here. Anyone knows what he did when not painting dubious dinos?Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-66239697437851981882014-07-10T07:21:25.654-04:002014-07-10T07:21:25.654-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-24042529083264171472014-07-10T06:05:37.015-04:002014-07-10T06:05:37.015-04:00Everyone wants to know about Dinosaur. It's al...Everyone wants to know about Dinosaur. It's also - yet again - depicted tackling Styracosaurus, an animal from millions of years prior. Still, the massiveness of the thighs is at least a step up from the weed-o-muscles depicted in earlier artworks, and that lighting is fantastic. Just look at the gorgeous sunset reflecting on Rexy's chops! You can almost feel it. Great.<br /><a href="http://www.alltimeplay.com/" rel="nofollow"> Football </a>Alltimeplayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946729371934259813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-63282041971730311622014-07-10T03:52:01.764-04:002014-07-10T03:52:01.764-04:00That cover art is wonderful, though I do have to w...That cover art is wonderful, though I do have to wonder how Rexy got a Pteranodon in its mouth with the pterosaur being in THAT pose. Why was it flying on its back while looking down? What on earth happened there? No wonder it ended up in some disproportionally large theropod's maw.<br />Is that Gorgosaurus standing in front of a glacier? That's something I''ve never seen but appeciate.<br />I also think you missed a detail on the Stegosaurus. Take a close look at its back plates, specifically at the shoulders. This is a very convenient Allosaurus-step-here-please arrangement, created by leaving out two of the plates and displacing them so that the animal gets a quadruple row of plates around the shoulders.<br />Finally, about the Iguanodon dewlap: That one goes further back than Parker. It was present in the very first depiction of an Iguanodon ever, when Owen still thought he had a giant iguana at his hands. Because iguanas do have dewlaps. Let me emphasize: The very first depiction of a non-skeletal dinosaur ever produced was an Iguanodon with a dewlap. So yeah, older than Parker. Slightly.Thomas Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062076693215115940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-16354143886108284052014-07-09T22:52:48.615-04:002014-07-09T22:52:48.615-04:00Thanks Marc, another absolute classic. Some of the...Thanks Marc, another absolute classic. Some of the art is rather evocative. That Gorgo with his seal snout is gorgeous, so sleek and black and shiny like a, er... sleek, black, shiny thing. <br /><br />However, the battling <i>Stegosaurus</i> and <i>Tyrannosaurus</i> (yes, yes it is - just look at those arms) is a bit of a nod toward one Maurits Cornelis Escher as far as the warped perspective goes. The theropod's head is in front of a plate about half-way along Steggy's back but behind the end of his tail. Meanwhile Steggy tests out his newly-acquired gnashers half-way up Rexy's tail while stopping him from running away by standing on the end of his tail with his far-side foreleg.<br /><br />Archy's fingers - eek! Creepy.Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197384873600545231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-36273285332969573102014-07-09T19:48:57.053-04:002014-07-09T19:48:57.053-04:00I think that Gorgosaurus's DNA got spliced wit...I think that Gorgosaurus's DNA got spliced with a sea elephant.<br /><br />Dr Synhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662331056153128519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-81574788377191403522014-07-09T19:28:19.330-04:002014-07-09T19:28:19.330-04:00The Allosaurus attacking the Brontosaurus looks st...The Allosaurus attacking the Brontosaurus looks strikingly similar to the Allosaurus painting in Album of Dinosaurs. http://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2013/06/vintage-dinosaur-art-album-of-dinosaurs.html Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564763609301961567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-62546470769355954482014-07-09T19:00:33.528-04:002014-07-09T19:00:33.528-04:00What I'm wondering is how the same artist can ...What I'm wondering is how the same artist can make the same dino (Allosaurus) look so completely different 3 different times in the same book?<br /><br />-Hadiazraptor_044https://www.blogger.com/profile/10538231485096397412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-63642201482445413422014-07-09T17:25:24.464-04:002014-07-09T17:25:24.464-04:00I was joking, yes. But if I were to get it on a t-...I was joking, yes. But if I were to get it on a t-shirt, I'd definitely try and track down W Phillipps.Marc Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894846069567096349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-62911460040474013232014-07-09T17:15:14.424-04:002014-07-09T17:15:14.424-04:00I laughed aloud at that!I laughed aloud at that!Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-40701715397290380232014-07-09T17:14:06.357-04:002014-07-09T17:14:06.357-04:00Before you have that image printed on a t-shirt, M...Before you have that image printed on a t-shirt, Marc, I hope you'll seek permission of Mr. Phillipps first? ;) (I know you're probably joking, but, you know... Artist's reflex)<br /><br />Looking forward to more on this book. It really was a great find.Nateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869685234493116483noreply@blogger.com