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Wanted: High-res Public Domain Greek Mythology Art

Started by RPGPundit, June 05, 2012, 01:58:34 AM

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June 05, 2012, 01:58:34 AM
Looking for any public domain images that are related to greco/roman mythology, they must be sufficiently high-resolution to look good in print.

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June 05, 2012, 05:03:49 AM Last Edit: June 05, 2012, 04:36:56 PM by Shawn Driscoll

Kuroth

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June 05, 2012, 06:48:21 AM Last Edit: June 05, 2012, 07:28:25 AM by Kuroth
This is a pretty good public domain collection of art depicting Greek myths.  They are from a children's book back in the 19th century.  The illustrations are by Walter Crane.  The higher quality images available for each are about 1150 x 1700.

Library of Congress

Here are just the illustrations pulled from the book and cropped.  They are 1150x1700 also.  It might be easier to use these, though you may be able to crop and enhance them better from the original scan directly from the old book.

A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys

He are some good places to get high quality images from old books that are now public domain.

Old Book Art

Old Book Illustrations

Liam's Pictures from Old Books

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June 05, 2012, 07:50:05 AM
I think you'll find a ton of good stuff here.
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June 05, 2012, 09:42:03 AM
Quote from: FASERIP;546011I think you'll find a ton of good stuff here.

This is a good one over at U. of S. Florida alright FASERIP.

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June 05, 2012, 10:46:20 AM
You can also try Karen's Whimsy
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estar

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June 05, 2012, 11:24:05 AM
There is a lot of good stuff in the Wikimedia Commons and each image has a handy license section so you can see the exact license terms.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

For example this plan of the Parthenon is in the public domain.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parthenon-top-view.svg

daniel_ream

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June 05, 2012, 11:25:59 AM
Lords of Olympus run into production problems, has it?
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June 06, 2012, 02:14:02 AM
Quote from: daniel_ream;546067Lords of Olympus run into production problems, has it?

Not problems, just looking for sources for additional art for the book!

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