I've recently discovered Art Magick. (Link for Art Majick is fixed.)Why it took me so long, I have no idea. Staring at art and illustration is one of my favorite past times. Its tag line is "Your Source for Visual Intoxication." That's not hyperbole. The site, which has a lot of Pre-Raphaelite images, glows with beauty and color and brings forth images from artists I've never heard of before. (Not that that means anything. I don't remember my art history classes as well as I should.)
The above images are by Frances MacNair, and are called "The Sleeping Princess." They seem so modern, yet very dreamy. That the "blue one" (top) was painted around 1915 seems surprising to me, but I am not sure why. The amazing one with the baby on or in the princess's belly suggests that maybe MacNair was familiar with some of the earthier versions of "Sleeping Beauty" -- such as "Sun, Moon, and Tahlia." It was painted about 20 years before the blue one.
KW
4 comments:
The baby hidden within the sleeping rose. What an incredible image.
What a great thing you have going on here at Enchanted Conversation. I'll be spending some time today browsing around. Thank you!
Side note - please check the link to ArtMagick in this post - I couldn't get it to work, though I googled the name and found it that way.
While I stared and pondered at these pictures, this thought occurred to me: Did Sleeping Beauty's hair grow for a hundred years? (i.e. in other words, is that a hundred years' worth of hair that I'm staring at?) ;)
In response to Jennifer’s comment, I find it eerie that sleeping beauty would be placed in a glass box (ew!) - though the story does indicate she did not decay, I would think there would be some issues there. But in response to this post, I had originally intended to visit Artmagick.com for only a few minutes, however I seemed to have been sucked in; over a half hour passed without realizing it, the images are beautiful and allow my imagination to run wild! It is very interesting to see the fashion of the different eras, and the portrayals of different knights, princes, ladies, and wicked characters (be it witches, step-mothers, etc.). When examining the male characters I expected to see the manly like squared, jaw bone, long flowing wavy hair, and the “knight in shining armor” attire, but was surprised to see many other depictions beyond stereotype. Very addicting website!
-Angie Johnson
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