Maude Fromeさんのイラストまとめ

#June by Eugene Grasset, for La Belle Jardinière, #artnouveau calendar, 1896. #June1st #1stJune #June #summer #illustration #FolkloreThursday

“When daisies pied and violets blue
And lady-smocks all silver-white,
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue,
Do paint the meadows with delight.” Love’s Labours Lost #ShakespeareSunday #FolkloreSunday
The Flower Fairies: buttercup (cuckoo-bud), double-daisy, lady’s smock, & dog violet

Some flower fairies of the trees for #WyrdWednesday. Here are Sycamore, Ash, Silver Birch & Elm.

Illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker. Flower Fairies of the Trees was first published on January 1 1940. #BookChatWeekly

The harp, symbol of #Ireland, is said to have been invented by the #Irish goddess of music, inspiration & dreams, Cana Cludhmor, after she realised the wind on a beach drifting through a whale’s skeleton created beautiful music. #StPatricksDay #FaustianFriday #BookChatWeekly

Looking at the stars for #OwlishMonday. Image by Anna Speshilova. #magical #art #owl

Gerda & the Reindeer by Edmund Dulac, 1911. A talking reindeer helps young Gerda in her quest to find her friend Kai, who is being held captive by the Snow Queen. Gerda rides on the reindeer to the far north, finds the Snow Queen’s palace & rescues Kai. #FairyTaleTuesday

The Ice Maiden by Edmund Dulac, from The Dreamer of Dreams, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1915. The Ice Maiden, guarded by her bears, searches the snow & ice at night for broken hearts, which she keeps alive in her castle by warming in a circle of flames. #FairytaleTuesday

Once the shy little snowdrop did the snow a great kindness by offering up her colour when all the brighter flowers sneeringly refused. In return the snow protects the #snowdrop from the harshness of winter. They are now everywhere, symbols of rebirth & #spring. #MythologyMonday

Happy #RandomActsofKindnessDay, everyone!
The Self-Heal Flower Fairy, by Cicely Mary Barker, 1923
#RandomActsofKindness #BookChatWeekly

The #Victorians loved cherubs, hearts & flowers. They especially loved #ValentinesDay. By 1871 1.2 million #Valentines cards were being sent throughout England, with postmen given a special allowance for refreshments to help them cope with the extra exertions. #FairytaleTuesday