Pictures that predict the future. Gallery: how contemporary artists see the world of the future

Back in the 1930s, the Argentine prophet painted our present and future, following the dictates of a higher mind. At all times, not only devout priests, but also people of art, to whom an unknown higher power whispered plots of novels and paintings, became prophets. For the Argentine artist and sculptor Benjamin Solari Parravicini, this was not just an inspiration, but a prophetic gift.
Without knowing it himself, back in the 30s he drew a lot of things that he could not even suspect, for example, a TV or Belka and Strelka flying into space.
“Sometimes something was found on him, he feverishly grabbed a pencil, which seemed to lead his hand over the paper, as if someone was dictating something to him,” Benjamin’s father Florencio said during his lifetime.
In one of these bursts of inspiration, he drew angels crying over a huge whirlpool and signed - Japan.
In the marginal notes, he talked about how the big "F" would explode and make a lot of noise all over the earth. It is possible that by "F" he meant the Japanese nuclear power plant "Fukushima-1".

After the devastating impact of the tsunami, four explosions occurred in power units. This event created an incredible information noise all over the planet. The forecasts of the sculptor inspired by the Universe largely coincide with the prophecies of the blind Vanga. He also says that humanity is waiting for a nuclear catastrophe that will spread deadly diseases and weakness around the world.
According to his drawings, after the catastrophe, the Russians and the “yellow faces” will rule the world. Back in 1936, the master's sketches and captions became much more strange and unusual, but this was not immediately noticed.
At the beginning of the century, this was considered a bizarre manner of the artist. Only many years after the mysterious stories depicted in the drawings began to come true with amazing accuracy, they started talking about Parravicini in Argentina as a prophet.


- "Home television! On a small screen, right from home, it will be possible to watch ongoing external events" (1938). The first black-and-white television receivers came into use only in the 50s. Parravicini even managed to sketch the future TV. In the same 1938, he made the following entry: “The world will become impersonal under the power of the home screen. Every family will be affected by the negative influence of the new device, which in the future will be highly commercialized in pursuit of the masses. Hypnotized by beautiful pictures of a beautiful paradise, humanity will simply become dumb. The day will come when, like sheep in a fold, he will be easily manipulated."


- "The struggle for power between the Yankees and the Russians. The struggle for territory and the conquest of outer space. Strangely enough, the cup of power will still go to America (1941).
The phrase "conquest of outer space" appeared on everyone's lips only 16 years after the prediction of Benjamin, who was able to foresee the American triumph in the creation of a series of 3-seat Apollo spacecraft, which made it possible to make the first successful landing of astronauts on the moon.


"Man will fly to the stars, overcome sound, know the stars and understand that the Earth is only the lowest and most undeveloped of all existing planets" (1937).
The first person to break the sound barrier will be Charles Elwood 10 years after Benjamin's prophecy.


- "In 60-70 years people will fly with might and main!" (1938).
Russian pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin will make the first flight in the history of cosmonautics aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft in 1961.
After that, in the 60s and 70s. more and more new achievements in astronautics shocked mankind.
Parravicini would later write:
"People will reach the moon. They will be able to reach it, however, they will not be able to inhabit it. They will see it, but they will not be able to look into its depths. They will listen, but they will not hear. They will return without returning. Beware!" (1940, 29 years before the first landing of a man on the moon).


"The dog will be the first to fly into space" (1938).
Benjamin for 19 years foresaw the flight of the dog Laika, the first living creature, into outer space. The sensational flight of the first animal launched into Earth orbit took place in 1957.


“Flying saucers in the form of bright circular flashes of light will visit the Earth, bringing with them strange creatures from other planets. It will be those who will flood the earth. Those who in the Old Testament called themselves angels and all will see and listen to them again” (1938).
It is curious that the term "flying saucer" itself was first publicized only in 1947 after the UFO he saw described by the pilot Arnold Kenneth.


"The atom will come and rule the world" (1939)
Taking into account the fact that the first attempts to create an atomic bomb occur in 1945, and the first nuclear reactor was launched only in 1951, the prophecy seems impossible.
"In Spain, a dictator will come to power who will destroy the country. Following him, Bourbon will ascend the throne, and then the weakened tyrant will flee to Argentina, if only his health allows" (1938).
The prophecy was written in the midst of the civil war in Spain, in the year, in the year of the birth of the future King Juan Carlos Bourbon. Parravicina already then foresaw the victory of Franco, his rise to power after the civil war in 1939 and the subsequent transfer of the crown to Juan Carlos after the death of the tyrant.
Franco died of Parkinson's disease in 1975, before he could fulfill his intention to move to Argentina.
"Russia will subdue China and spread her dogmas there" (1939).
10 years after the civil war, Mao Zedong came to power in China, proclaiming communism as the national ideology of the state.


"The papacy will take on new forms. What yesterday still seemed evil will cease to be. The Mass will become Protestant without being Protestant. Catholics will turn into Protestants without being Protestants. The Pope will move away from the Vatican because of his travels and will reach America; humanity will fall" (1938).
Benjamin foresaw a revision of the reforms of the Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council in 1962, as well as the appointment of a new Pope, John Paul II, in 1978, known for his constant travel around the world, especially to Latin America.
Hitler - Mussolini. One end awaits them; one end" (1939).
7 years before the overthrow of the Nazis, Benjamin painted the bound and defeated Nazi leaders.
“The heart of the world will fall in the 40th year. It will fall and will belong to the Germans until the 44th ”(1938).
In 1938, before the outbreak of World War II, Parravicini already knew about the fall of France in the face of Nazi Germany. In the figure of the prophet, the Eiffel Tower is perfectly distinguishable, against which the French flag looms.
"A man with a beard, who will seem holy to everyone, will set fire to the Antilles" (1937)
The revolution in Cuba took place 22 years after the prophecy. When Benjamin predicted the event, the future revolutionary Fidel Castro was only 11 years old.
Exactly one year later, Parravicini added to his prophecy:
"The bearded men will win in Cuba" (1938).
"Absolute darkness. After the "Caribbean chaos", a single "eye" will see "light from the South" from a single "palm tree". Cardinal changes await the planet, and only the South will forever remain the South." (1938)

In the drawing, Benjamin clearly depicted lightning, which many experts interpret as the HAARP high-frequency active auroral research program, colliding with a layer of the ionosphere and provoking powerful aftershocks.
The palm tree, in all likelihood, means the island of Haiti, where at least 200 thousand people died during the last earthquake, and the earth's axis shifted a few centimeters.
"The freedom of North America will be extinguished, its torch will no longer shine as before, it will be attacked twice." (1939)
Benjamin even drew the famous twin towers that were attacked on September 11, 2001. The most amazing thing is that at the time the drawing was created, the towers had not even been built yet.


“A foreign ship will prove to the population on Earth the existence of a different form of life. At some point, the South Pole will turn into the North. But only for a while! "(1960)
"The atom will take over the world. The planet will go blind. Man will provoke random storms and natural disasters, new forms of disease, sexual promiscuity, mass clouding of the mind, general stupefaction. The world will plunge into darkness." (1934)
"The beginning of the end will come! Man himself will trample his essence in order to reproduce offspring, the male will cease to be needed. Human organisms will be born into the world without any offspring. And all this against the backdrop of atomic explosions that will destroy humanity. People will be killed by radiation; from the womb of mothers monsters of animal and vegetable origin will be born.Strontium will cause people to be born with bones like glass;it will also eat their brains of blood cells;cancer will become completely normal.As a result of a nuclear war, Russians and yellowskins will be in a privileged position ". (1936)

Creative personalities - artists, musicians, poets - convey thoughts and feelings to people through their works. Sometimes the events described by people of art came true after some time. Predictions in art are an interesting topic that requires separate consideration.

future prediction

Writers, composers, artists are able to predict the future, because. they have creative thinking, sharpness of mind. Examples of predictions of the future in art are not uncommon.

Works of art anticipate cultural, scientific discoveries and historical events. It is worth quoting from John Priestley's story "June 31st":

"Everything created by the imagination must exist somewhere in the universe."

People should be careful about artistic predictions.

Jules Verne

The famous French writer Jules Verne is a science fiction writer of the 19th century. He foresaw the scientific discoveries of the future in many areas:

1. Scuba.
2. Video communication.
3. Electric chair.
4. Aircraft (airplane and helicopter).
5. Rockets.
6. Moon rovers.
7. Submarines.

In the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the author describes the creation of the Nautilus. This is a prototype of modern submarines. In the work "From the Earth to the Moon", a person uses modules and rockets with solar sails. The work "Robur the Conqueror" describes an apparatus similar to a modern helicopter.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci is a genius. He is a musician, inventor, architect, sculptor, poet, engineer. In his diaries, he entered knowledge from medicine, history, biology, wrote down poems and made sketches. He had especially many predictions in art.

10 brilliant inventions of Leo da Vinci:

1. Ornithopter.
2. Diving suit.
3. Air propeller.
4. Parachute.
5. Bearing.
6. Machine gun.
7. Self-propelled cart.
8. Tank.
9. Ideal city.
10. Robot.

Ornithopter resembled a bird. He was supposed to lift a person into the air. The invention was designed in accordance with the laws of aerodynamics. The diving suit was invented to open the bottoms of attacking ships. The device allowed to be under water for a long time and to see everything around through the glass holes. They breathed through an underwater bell. The propeller was conceived for human flight. It looked like a huge screw machine with blades. This invention led to the creation of the helicopter.

The parachute had the shape of a pyramid covered with cloth. Scientists of our time have studied the device and concluded that Leonardo's idea can be realized. The bearing is the basis of all modern technology. The scientist was the first to make his sketches in his notebook. The machine gun was a musket on a board, folded into a triangle. The shaft was in the center and rotated the weapon so that it fired at short intervals. The apparatus consisted of 11 guns. The same man invented the first car that rode with the help of a spring mechanism.

During the Middle Ages, epidemics were especially dangerous. The inventor developed a city plan with a hydraulic system and canals that would help avoid mass contamination. The scientist studied the structure of the human body. He built a robot that was able to walk and sit.

Herbert Wales

The writer in the work "The Liberated World" in 1914 spoke about the atomic bomb. He predicted the emergence of huge aircraft that could accommodate more than a thousand people, a rocket engine and a laser device. Fantast suggested that flights would be around the world.

A.R. Belyaev

The science fiction writer in the novel "Star of the CEC" described modern orbital stations. In the book "Eternal Bread" he spoke about the possibilities of genetics and biochemistry. Transplantology is a science of the 20th century, which was predicted in "Professor Dowell's Head". In the novels "Amphibian Man" and "Ariel" Belyaev reflected on a person's stay in unusual conditions for him (water and air).

"The dog will be the first to fly into space" (1938).
Benjamin for 19 years foresaw the flight of the dog Laika, the first living creature, into outer space. The sensational flight of the first animal launched into Earth orbit took place in 1957.

“Flying saucers in the form of bright circular flashes of light will visit the Earth, bringing with them strange creatures from other planets. It will be those who will flood the earth. Those who in the Old Testament called themselves angels and all will see and listen to them again” (1938).

It is curious that the term "flying saucer" itself was first publicized only in 1947 after the UFO he saw described by the pilot Arnold Kenneth.

"The atom will come and rule the world" (1939)
Taking into account the fact that the first attempts to create an atomic bomb occur in 1945, and the first nuclear reactor was launched only in 1951, the prophecy seems impossible.

"In Spain, a dictator will come to power who will destroy the country. Following him, Bourbon will ascend the throne, and then the weakened tyrant will flee to Argentina, if only his health allows" (1938).
The prophecy was written in the midst of the civil war in Spain, in the year, in the year of the birth of the future King Juan Carlos Bourbon. Parravicina already then foresaw the victory of Franco, his rise to power after the civil war in 1939 and the subsequent transfer of the crown to Juan Carlos after the death of the tyrant.
Franco died of Parkinson's disease in 1975, before he could fulfill his intention to move to Argentina.

"Russia will subdue China and spread her dogmas there" (1939).
10 years after the civil war, Mao Zedong came to power in China, proclaiming communism as the national ideology of the state.

"The papacy will take on new forms. What yesterday still seemed evil will cease to be. The Mass will become Protestant without being Protestant. Catholics will turn into Protestants without being Protestants. The Pope will move away from the Vatican because of his travels and will reach America; humanity will fall" (1938).
Benjamin foresaw a revision of the reforms of the Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council in 1962, as well as the appointment of a new Pope, John Paul II, in 1978, known for his constant travel around the world, especially to Latin America.

Hitler - Mussolini. One end awaits them; one end" (1939).
7 years before the overthrow of the Nazis, Benjamin painted the bound and defeated Nazi leaders.

“The heart of the world will fall in the 40th year. It will fall and will belong to the Germans until the 44th ”(1938).
In 1938, before the outbreak of World War II, Parravicini already knew about the fall of France in the face of Nazi Germany. In the figure of the prophet, the Eiffel Tower is perfectly distinguishable, against which the French flag looms.

"A man with a beard, who will seem holy to everyone, will set fire to the Antilles" (1937)
The revolution in Cuba took place 22 years after the prophecy. When Benjamin predicted the event, the future revolutionary Fidel Castro was only 11 years old.
Exactly one year later, Parravicini added to his prophecy:
"The bearded men will win in Cuba" (1938).

"Absolute darkness. After the "Caribbean chaos", a single "eye" will see "light from the South" from a single "palm tree". Cardinal changes await the planet, and only the South will forever remain the South." (1938)
In the drawing, Benjamin clearly depicted lightning, which many experts interpret as the HAARP high-frequency active auroral research program, colliding with a layer of the ionosphere and provoking powerful aftershocks.
The palm tree, in all likelihood, means the island of Haiti, where at least 200 thousand people died during the last earthquake, and the earth's axis shifted a few centimeters.

"The freedom of North America will be extinguished, its torch will no longer shine as before, it will be attacked twice." (1939)
Benjamin even drew the famous twin towers that were attacked on September 11, 2001. The most amazing thing is that at the time the drawing was created, the towers had not even been built yet.

"The beginning of the end will come! Man himself will trample his essence in order to reproduce offspring, the male will cease to be needed. Human organisms will be born into the world without any offspring. And all this against the backdrop of atomic explosions that will destroy humanity. People will be killed by radiation; from the womb of mothers monsters of animal and vegetable origin will be born.Strontium will cause people to be born with bones like glass;it will also eat their brains of blood cells;cancer will become completely normal.As a result of a nuclear war, Russians and yellowskins will be in a privileged position ". (1936)

The work of a project in which French artists of the late 19th century imagined what the world would be like in the year 2000. TJ decided to find out where their predictions came true, and where the dreamers turned out to be wrong.

A series of futuristic illustrations was called En L'An 2000 ("Year 2000") and was prepared for the Paris International Exhibition of 1900. In the next 10 years, it found many uses, even as a decoration for cigar boxes, but then it was forgotten.

En L'An 2000 was remembered only in 1986, when the writer Isaac Asimov, who wrote the book Futuredays: A Nineteenth Century Vision of the Year 2000, came across these drawings. The complete collection of drawings can now be found at Wikimedia Commons.

All the works of artists in our time can be attributed to the genre of retro-futurism (an archaic idea of ​​the future). Some of their fantasies now seem stupid, and some, on the contrary, turned out to be surprisingly accurate.

Flying firefighters

In mid-November, the news spread around the world that Dubai firefighters had adopted jetpacks. These, of course, are not wings, but the forecast turned out to be very accurate.

Video calls and photo sharing

The artists failed to predict the appearance of the smartphone, but they conveyed the essence of what we today call video calls with surprising accuracy.

Cleaning robots

For most of us, they have not yet become an everyday occurrence, but if desired, such a device can be ordered in an online store within a few minutes.

Shipping by air

The artists predicted delivery by air, but did not guess that people would not be needed for it. However, even today such an opportunity remains for the most part a fantasy of companies like Amazon, which is still very far from mass implementation.

Podcasts

This work is called "Listening to the newspaper". Her idea now exists in the form of radio, podcasts and audiobooks.

Heavenly Police

In this picture, the police are catching a smuggler in the sky. These days, news that drones are being used to illegally deliver drugs is not uncommon, and “police” drones have also been invented to catch them.

Projectors

In this picture, an astronomer studies the projection of a celestial body on his desktop. Modern analogues - projectors, touch screens, computers - no longer surprise anyone.

Electric rollers

Residents of the early 20th century could not even imagine what a variety of solutions this idea would result in. We have scooters, segways and mini segways - whatever your heart desires.

Robot Hairdresser

We still trust people with our hair, but our robot hairdresser has already and it looks pretty much the same.

chemical food

We do not enjoy artificial food like these ladies and gentlemen, it entered our lives imperceptibly and now causes severely negative emotions in many people.

High-speed electric trains, aerial bombers and mobile homes

Devilishly accurate.

curiosity horse

Today, people usually don't pay money to see a horse (rather, to ride it), but still, their appearance somewhere in the city center can really surprise children.

Universal Automation

Artists have no doubt guessed the trend towards automation of various work processes. So many works show people building houses, doing housework or sewing clothes with machines.

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10. Wrong ear

Vincent van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with a Cut-Off Ear and Pipe" shows that the artist's right ear was injured. Actually went to the left ear. The fact is that the post-impressionist used a mirror to paint.

9. A painting within a painting

If you look closely at the "Old Guitarist" Pablo Picasso, you can see the silhouette of a woman. Using infrared and X-ray images, scientists at the Art Institute of Chicago have discovered several more figures that are hidden under the painting. Most likely, the artist did not have enough money to buy new canvases and he was forced to paint over the old ones.

8. "Night watch" was a day

During the restoration of Rembrandt's painting "The performance of the rifle company of Captain Frans Banning Cock and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburg", which is better known as "Night Watch", in 1947 a thick layer of soot was discovered on it. After clearing, it turned out that the events depicted on the canvas take place during the day, and not at night.

7. Anatomical code of the Sistine Chapel

6. Symbol of strength

In the fresco "David and Goliath" Michelangelo encoded the Hebrew letter "gimel", which in the mystical tradition of Kabbalah means strength.

5. Rembrandt's strabismus

Margaret Livingston and Beville Conway studied Rembrandt's self-portraits and proved that the artist suffered from strabismus. Due to illness, the painter perceived the world differently than other people, and saw reality not in 3D, but in 2D. However, it is possible that thanks to stereo-blindness, Rembrandt created his immortal masterpieces.

4. Revenge on lovers

One of Gustav Klimt's most famous paintings depicts Adele Bloch-Bauer. The magnate Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer commissioned the portrait of his wife. He learned about the affair between Adele and Klimt and believed that after hundreds of sketches, the painter will hate his mistress. Routine work really made it so that the feelings of the model and the artist cooled down.

3. Doomsday prediction

Italian researcher Sabrina Sforza Galizia has proposed an unusual interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. She is sure that in his painting the artist left a prediction of the end of the world, which will happen on March 21, 4006. To understand this the researcher solved the mathematical and astrological cipher"The Last Supper".