Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Rhinemaidens pursued by Alberich - Arthur Rackham

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From Arthur Rackham's series of illustrations for Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle.  Evil pursues beauty.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love Arthur Rackham's work. They're so evocative. I have two prints of his on my wall. They remind me of those beautifully illustrated children's books that used to be availabe when I was (much) younger.

Mrs Danvers

Clunking Fist said...

Alberich is an economics tutor?