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Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings,
And Phoebus 'gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs
On chaliced flowers that lies;
(Cymbeline, A2 S3)
#ShakespeareSunday
Painting: Catharina Nymphaeqidea by Karl Axel Pehrson
(1921–2005)
Illustrations by Canadian artist Jillian Tamaki for IRISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS by Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932), Irish dramatist, folklorist, theatre manager who co-founded the Abbey & Irish Literary Theatres with William Butler Yeats & Edward Martyn #folklore #mythologymonday
For #MondayMotivation… some cheerfulness from Garth Williams (1912-1996) who illustrated numerous #ChildrensBooks, collaborating on classics by E.B. White and Margaret Wise Brown. This is from her book Wait Till the Moon is Full (1948)
'Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper' by Charles Perrault. #Illustrations by Errol le Cain ( 1941-1989). His depictions of the transformations of Cinderella and the mice are particularly charming.
#Cinderella #FairytaleTuesday
The many faces of “Little Red Riding Hood”
by contemporary artists Nicoletta Ceccoli, Barbara Hranilovich, Graham Franciose, Esther Gomez.
#illustrationartists #FairyTaleTuesday
The enchanted world of Japanese artist Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi (@tetsuhiro_waka)who is inspired by nature, magical creatures and fairy tales.
#FairytaleTuesday
“River of Sleep" by Lily Seika Jones, an artist interested in how myths shape our world. In Greek myth, Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, flowed through the cave of Hypnos, god of sleep, where its murmuring causes drowsiness. Also, #unicorn horns purify water. #MythologyMonday
Wild Man astride a dragon pulled by a pegasus.
Illustration of a pageant sleigh from a winter parade held in 1640-41, Nuremberg. From the Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg, Bavaria (112pp late 16c-mid 17c) [Held in Metropolitan Museum of Art] #FolkloreThursday #1600s
Eyes by Erté. Born Romain de Tirtoff in St. Petersburg in 1892, he began drawing costumes aged 5. Erté moved to Paris to work (very successfully) as a fashion illustrator & costume designer. His #ArtDeco style became popular again in the #1960s. He died in 1990.
#fashionhistory
Illustrations (1905) by Edward Tiger De Closay (1859-1928), that follow the #Victorian tradition of giving fairies butterfly wings. De Closay was a postcard illustrator & commercial artist, born in Mauritius, trained in Paris who emigrated to Australia in 1900 #FairytaleTuesday