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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Ikonographia tells stories through the power of images, graphics, and beyond including photographs, advertisements, prints, and vintage memorabilia in curated collections surrounded by all available context, including historical background and transcripts. Read the stories.
Ikonographia provides a unique lens into American and international popular culture showcasing the work from the greatest or less known illustrators, photographers, designers, with a focus on 20th-century advertisement.
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PopularAbdulla Cigarettes 1921. Mélisande at Montecarlo, by Anne Fish
Jan 7, 2021
The full 1921 Abdulla ad campaign in the French magazine "La Vie Parisienne." The star is Mélisande, a wealthy, young, elegant, and beautiful Parisian who goes to Monte Carlo to try her luck at the casino. Here she meets an elegant Englishman who woos her and with whom she gets engaged and finally marries three days before New Year's Eve; her life unfolds between suitors, losses, and wins at the table and a lifestyle of unbridled luxury.
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Bugatti Posters
Feb 22, 2018
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PopularBburago MMonza Diorama Garages. 1992
Jul 13, 2019
The MMonza Diorama Garages was probably the Bburago's most ambitious project, with an obsessive attention to detail. Produced in only five pieces per subject, towards the end of 1992 they were put on sale in a test area. They were too expensive, and the project was aborted. As a consequence, these items are today scarce.
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Ten years with Bburago die cast models
Jun 29, 2018
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Ten Iconic Bburago Photographs by Roberto Bigano
Jul 28, 2019
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EB110GT. The Making of a Dream Car at Bu...
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Illustration
LatestAmerican Streamlined Trains. Striking Ads of the 1940s
Feb 19, 2021
From the mid-thirties, American railroads developed deluxe passenger trains, the streamliners. Some became legendary and profoundly influenced popular culture by focusing on concepts such as power, speed, technological progress, comfort, and luxury service.
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Bugatti Posters
Feb 22, 2018
Bugatti Automobili
Top RatedThe Great Adventure of Bugatti Automobili 1990s
Feb 15, 2021
Ikonographia celebrates Bugatti Automobili’s myth with three posts using the splendid images of Roberto Bigano, Bugatti’s photographer in the 1990s. Romano Artioli , the founder of Bugatti and Gianpaolo Benedini, the Architect who built the facility tell us all the story.
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LatestGlamorous and provocative vintage Spanish mannequins. 1980-1997
Sep 23, 2021
This is the third episode part of “Plastic Girls,” a forty-year project by the Italian photographer Roberto Bigano documenting mannequins. All the pictures were taken in Spain from 1980 and 1997, with 35mm cameras.
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American Streamlined Trains. Striking Ads of the 1940s
Feb 19, 2021
From the mid-thirties, American railroads developed deluxe passenger trains, the streamliners. Some became legendary and profoundly influenced popular culture by focusing on concepts such as power, speed, technological progress, comfort, and luxury service.
Ten Iconic Bburago Photographs by Roberto Bigano
Jul 28, 2019
For this third post of the Bburago series, I selected ten iconic photographs that become very popular among the boys who grew up with “milk and Bburago,”. For any image, we show you the original slide on large format film, some times uncropped and the published version.
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Bburago MMonza Diorama Garages. 1992
Jul 13, 2019
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Ten years with Bburago die cast models
Jun 29, 2018
American Streamlined Trains. Striking Ads of the 1940s
Feb 19, 2021
From the mid-thirties, American railroads developed deluxe passenger trains, the streamliners. Some became legendary and profoundly influenced popular culture by focusing on concepts such as power, speed, technological progress, comfort, and luxury service.
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Bugatti Posters
Feb 22, 2018
Glamorous and provocative vintage Spanish mannequins. 1980-1997
Sep 23, 2021
This is the third episode part of “Plastic Girls,” a forty-year project by the Italian photographer Roberto Bigano documenting mannequins. All the pictures were taken in Spain from 1980 and 1997, with 35mm cameras.
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US Bald Eagle Emblem in 1930s Art Deco Architecture
Apr 19, 2021
Glamorous and provocative vintage Spanish mannequins. 1980-1997
Sep 23, 2021
This is the third episode part of “Plastic Girls,” a forty-year project by the Italian photographer Roberto Bigano documenting mannequins. All the pictures were taken in Spain from 1980 and 1997, with 35mm cameras.
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US Bald Eagle Emblem in 1930s Art Deco Architecture
Apr 19, 2021
Glamorous and provocative vintage Spanish mannequins. 1980-1997
Sep 23, 2021
This is the third episode part of “Plastic Girls,” a forty-year project by the Italian photographer Roberto Bigano documenting mannequins. All the pictures were taken in Spain from 1980 and 1997, with 35mm cameras.
Read MoreBugatti EB110, First Model, Prototype, EB110 Supersport, EB112
Jun 20, 2021
This third episode about Bugatti Automobili showcases the various models of EB 110 and EB 112. A collection of striking pictures, many of which unpublished, including the very first Epowood model with the covered wheels.
Read MoreEB110GT. The Making of a Dream Car at Bugatti Automobili
May 18, 2021
Once the factory was made, the car had to be built. Follow us in this second episode on Bugatti Automobili, a behind the scene journey in the various design phases that led to the new Gran Turismo’s birth. See all the men and women who built the EB110.
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- Bugatti EB110, First Model, Prototype, EB110 Supersport, EB112
- EB110GT. The Making of a Dream Car at Bugatti Automobili
- United States of Mannequins: a view into shop windows through the 1980s
- US Bald Eagle Emblem in 1930s Art Deco Architecture
- American Streamlined Trains. Striking Ads of the 1940s
- The Great Adventure of Bugatti Automobili 1990s