http://www.vintagevectors.com Old, Antique Vector Art for Graphic Designers Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.vintagevectors.com/objects/chinese-buddha-seated-with-baby-turtles-underfoot/ http://www.vintagevectors.com/objects/chinese-buddha-seated-with-baby-turtles-underfoot/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:15:01 +0000 VintageVectors http://www.vintagevectors.com/?p=673 A pre-1900 engraving of Chinese Buddha, seated with feet resting on the backs of two turtles. The baby turtles symbolize new beginnings.]]> http://www.vintagevectors.com/objects/chinese-buddha-seated-with-baby-turtles-underfoot/feed/ 2 http://www.vintagevectors.com/decorative/hindu-gods-dieties-of-india-engravings/ http://www.vintagevectors.com/decorative/hindu-gods-dieties-of-india-engravings/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:11:09 +0000 VintageVectors http://www.vintagevectors.com/?p=628 Vector art of old engravings of several Hindu Gods: Brahma, Ganesa, Gautama, Hanuman, Indru, Mahamaya, Shiva and Vishnu.]]> http://www.vintagevectors.com/decorative/hindu-gods-dieties-of-india-engravings/feed/ 4 http://www.vintagevectors.com/decorative/heraldry-crest-emblem-with-crown-trident-cornucopia-and-cross/ http://www.vintagevectors.com/decorative/heraldry-crest-emblem-with-crown-trident-cornucopia-and-cross/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:02:47 +0000 VintageVectors http://www.vintagevectors.com/?p=96 Medieval heraldry vector crest emblem featuring a trident, a cornucopia of fruits and wheat, a large cross in the middle oval-shaped shield and a castle-like crown on the top. Leafy scroll work encompasses this free vector download. There is a blank banner on either side for customized messages. This graphic was vectorized from a confirmed public domain source.]]> http://www.vintagevectors.com/decorative/heraldry-crest-emblem-with-crown-trident-cornucopia-and-cross/feed/ 3 http://www.vintagevectors.com/people/vector-art-ancient-religious-devotion-self-torturous-painful-poses/ http://www.vintagevectors.com/people/vector-art-ancient-religious-devotion-self-torturous-painful-poses/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:57:48 +0000 VintageVectors http://www.vintagevectors.com/?p=47 I'm sharing some very old engravings depicting early-1800's extreme religious devotion in India - devotion of the self-torture type. One man had been standing eight years, day and night. The author described his feet and legs as "so swollen as to require bandages to prevent their bursting"... Yikes! Another devotee kept his arm elevated until it had become stiff, and the fingernails had grown six or eight inches. The third figure elevated both arms. A former soldier who lost his leg and was released by the army, he turned devotee. "He took a small idol in each hand, and elevated them above his head until his arms became perfectly stiff and immovable".]]> http://www.vintagevectors.com/people/vector-art-ancient-religious-devotion-self-torturous-painful-poses/feed/ 0