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Knights of the Dinner Table (KoDT) is a comic book/strip created by Jolly R. Blackburn [1] [2] and published by Kenzer & Company.It primarily focuses on a group of role playing gamers and their actions at the gaming table, which often result in unfortunate, but humorous consequences in the game.
The Jolly Toper is a 1629 oil painting by the Dutch artist Judith Leyster in the collection of the Rijksmuseum that is on long-term loan to the Frans Hals Museum since 1959. [1] It was acquired by the museum as a painting by Frans Hals and was attributed to Leyster by the researcher Juliane Harms in 1927.
The Jolly Fisherman is a poster created by artist John Hassall in 1908 after he had been commissioned by the Great Northern Railway (GNR). [1] It is regarded as one of the most famous holiday advertisements of all time and is believed to have influenced the success of Skegness , Lincolnshire as a holiday destination. [ 2 ]
[2] Blackburn based the comic strip's players on his gamer friends, and the gamemaster B.A. Felton on himself. [2] Blackburn continued to draw the cartoon for Issues 3 to 5, but in Issue 6, believing that his readers wanted better artwork and a more involved storyline, Blackburn replaced his own comic strip with more professional cartoon strips.
Jonathan Yeo, the artist behind King Charles III’s new portrait, explained why he chose to give the painting a red hue. “The red was inspired by the Welsh Guards, but I wanted the painting to ...
The Lute Player is an oil-on-canvas painting from 1623 or 1624 now in the Louvre by the Haarlem painter Frans Hals, showing a smiling actor wearing a jester's costume and playing a lute. This painting was documented by Wilhelm von Bode in 1883, Ernst Wilhelm Moes in 1909 and Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote:
In archaeological scholarship, the term Mannerists describes a large group of Attic red-figure vase painters, stylistically linked by their affected painting style. The group comprised more than 15 artists. They preferred to paint column kraters, hydriai and pelikes. They were active from about 480 BC until near the end of the 5th century BC.
Voice of Fire is a 1967 acrylic on canvas abstract painting made by American painter Barnett Newman in 1967. It consists of three equally sized vertical stripes, with the outer two painted blue and the centre painted red. The work was created as a special commission for Expo 67.