sky deities ... god & goddesses & suchlike ... lots of 'em ... all once thought to live or move about "up there" ...

jupiter / zeus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_deity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)

apollo

george stubbs ... three gems from the royal collection

https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/17/collection/400512/soldiers-of-the-10th-light-dragoons

https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/9/collection/400997/laetitia-lady-lade-d-1825

https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/18/collection/400106/william-anderson-with-two-saddle-horses

pochoir ... i was curious to know how george barbier's publisher used woodcutting and how the images were coloured ... i'd never encountered the word "pochoir" until now ...

http://pochoirworld.com/


https://discover.goldmarkart.com/brief-history-pochoir/


https://fs8003w16amd01.blog.ryerson.ca/2016/04/24/george-barbier-fashioning-the-queer-identity/

harlequin ... and columbine, of course !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbina


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequinade



















https://youtu.be/U8QydU_sYMY

dario fo above ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA0CmQBfGc

... to be continued, possibly, maybe ...