Fantasy

The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.

The power of the mind to form images.

Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, or setting

In popular culture, the genre of fantasy is dominated by its medievalist form, especially since the worldwide success of The Lord of the Rings books by J. R. R. Tolkien. In its broadest sense however, fantasy comprises works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians, from ancient myths and legends to many recent works embraced by a wide audience today

Hieronymus Bosch born c. 1450 August 9, 1516) was an Early Netherlandish painter. His work is known for its use of fantastic imagery to illustrate moral and religious concepts and narratives.

Garden of Earthly Delights triptych by Hieronymus_Bosch (c. 1450 buried August 9, 1516)

H. Bosch fragment of Garden

H. Bosch fragment of Garden

The Garden of Earthly Delights fragment Hieronymus Bosh

Hieronymus Bosh

hommage to hieronymus bosch

hommage to hieronymus bosch

Pieter Bruegel the Elder Born c. 1525 9 September 1569 was a Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes.

The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch, particularly in Bruegel's early "demonological" paintings such as The Triumph of Death and Dulle Griet (Mad Meg).

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525/30 1569)

rebel-angels Pieter Bruegel the elder

rebel-angels (fragment) Pieter Bruegel the elder

Proverbs by P Bruegel

triumph of death by P Bruegel

Big Fish Eat Little Fish by P Bruegel

Monster inspired by work of H Bosch

monsters inspired by work of H Bosch

monsters inspired by work of H Bosch

Hendrick Avercamp (January 27, 1585 (bapt.) - May 15, 1634 (buried)) was a Dutch painter. Avercamp painted in the tradition of Brueghel, filling his airy landscapes with small lively figures skating, sprawling, dancing, and working on the frozen rivers and canals, singly or in groups. His buildings and trees have as much cheerfulness and movement as may be found in the figures, which seem like animated puppets.

Winter Scene with Skaters by Hendrik Avercamp (1585 1663)

Winter Scene by Hendrik Avercamp (1585 1663)

century movement in art and literature that tried to represent the subconscious mind and dreams by creating fantastic imagery and juxtaposing ideas that seem to contradict each other

Surrealism - an early 20th-

James Ensor (1860-1949)

James Ensor (1860-1949)

James Ensor (1860-1949)

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dal i Domnech, 1st Marqus de Dal de Pubol (May 11, 1904 January 23, 1989), known as Salvador Dal. A skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. Dal was highly imaginative, and also enjoyed indulging in unusual and grandiose behavior.

The Persistence of Memory by S. Dali

Burning Giraffe by Salvador Dali

Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man S Dali

Metamorphosis Of Narcissus by S Dali

Salvador Dali Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)

Soft Watch At The Moment of Explosion by S Dali

Temptation Of Saint Anthony by S Dali

The Elephants by S Dali

Max Ernst (2 April 1891 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism.

The Elephant Celebs by Max Ernst

Max Ernst - The Blessed Virgin Chastises the Infant Jesus Before Three Witnesses (1926)

The Antipope by Max Ernst-1941/42

L'ange du Foyer by Max Ernst-1937

Max Ernst

Giorgio de Chirico Artist He was a Greek-born Italian artist. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists.

Giorgio de Chirico

The Disquieting Muses, 1947 by Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico

Ren Franois Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images that fell under the umbrella of surrealism.

Fantasy by association

Rene-Magritte

Rene-Magritte - The Man in the Bowler Hat

Rene-Magritte The Liberator

Rene-Magritte

Joan Mir i Ferr (April 20, 1893 December 25, 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride.

Joan Miro

Joan-Miro

Visual Crossovers
Fantasy by Mutation

Visual Crossovers
Fantasy by Mutation Creative blend of several corresponding, comparable visual components put together into a single autonomous object.

rossovers 4

crossovers 5

Alteration, proportion, and fantastic compilation

Anthropomorphism

is a term coined in the mid 1700s to refer to any attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed or believed by some to belong only to humans) to animals or non-living things, phenomena, material states and objects or abstract concepts, such as God.

T. S. Sullivant - The Father of Cartooning He is one of the most important cartoonists in the history of the medium. He pioneered many of the elements of anthropomorphism that we now take for granted.

Fantasy by Association
Even the most common objects put together in a creative and imaginative visual form can produce a fascinating fantasy illustration.

fantastic spaces

fantastic spaces

Yves Tanguy

Eye of Silence by Max Ernst

fantastic spaces

fantastic spaces

Forest by Max Ernst

Fantasy Vehicles

Flying Monastery by Arthur Mirzoyan

Fantasy Mechanical Arts

Fantasy Structures

Neo-surrealism

Fantasy Structures

Neo-surrealism

Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 27 March 1972),

M. C. Escher

Various faces of contemporary fantasy illustration

John Bauer

John Bauer

Dragon by Jeff Easley

Max Ernst1

Movie and Video Game Fantasy

Illustration

Science-fiction

Monster inspired by work of H Bosch

monsters inspired by work of H Bosch

monsters inspired by work of H Bosch

hommage to Hieronymus Bosch

Hommage to Hieronymus Bosch

Fantastic transformation of an ordinary object