This year’s prize from the Folio Society and House of Illustration called for images to accompany love poetry from Imtiaz Dharker, Emily Dickinson and John Donne. Here are the chosen entries, and the inspiring poems
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Here are ten lesser-known but fascinating stories which I hope will illustrate the many different aspects of the twisted little land of Fairy Tales—a world full of impossible situations, mythical creatures, bizarre happenings, violence, vengeance and greed. Originally fairy tales were designed to entertain and to teach morals and reflected the spiritual and cultural beliefs
The princess, Raisa imagined, would favor her father in coloring, but her features were more like the queen’s. A mouth like a wild rose-bud. A nubbin-nose that cried out to be kissed. A brow high and…
Florence Harrison- Art Gallery of Complete Illustrations from the First Edition of the book Elfin Song, published in 1912.
Wouldn’t this be a challenging wargames terrain! Bovenstein Castle, situated in the famous Diorama at De Efteling theme park in Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands. Back in my early 20s (too many y…
Domestic Bliss, that's the name of just one of many Flickr photosets by flamenconut I've been looking through today. If you love vintage children's illustrations, you'll adore her other sets as well. She's got funny names for them, like Fuel...
My very first experience with fantastical architecture had to be from fairy tales. I used to get lost in the illustrations rather than the stories themselves. Fairy tales illustrations must have …
Illustrations by Margaret Ely Webb for Old Fashioned Fairy Tales (1909) by Marion Foster Washburne
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Christina Rossetti, the younger sister of renowned Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was a talented and accomplished poet. Deeply religious, she also suffered from depression. Her firs…
My illustration of the classic fairytale… trip trap, trip trap…look out for the troll… This was one of my favourite stories as a child, often re enacted on family walks, albeit wi…
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A brief summary of seven famous fairy tale illustrators.
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Be inspired by some of the most amazing book and editorial illustrations on Behance. Timeless and artistic, these are classical renditions of various forms of literature.
Once upon a time, fairy tales were stories intended for adults. They do not necessarily have the happy endings Disney has led us to believe. In those stories, animals talked, faeries and forest spirits lived, and ordinary objects had inexplicable capabilities.
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A brief summary of seven famous fairy tale illustrators.
Once upon a time, fairy tales were stories intended for adults. They do not necessarily have the happy endings Disney has led us to believe. In those stories, animals talked, faeries and forest spirits lived, and ordinary objects had inexplicable capabilities.
Some modern critics disparage fairy tales for their depiction of women. But the truth is, fairy tales are complex—and they have much to offer women of all ages.
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite - Art Gallery of complete Illustrations from the First Edition of the book The Enchanted Forest, published in 1921.
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Ida Rentoul Outhwaite ~ The Waterfall Fairy ~ The Enchanted Forest ~ 1921
A woman is standing at night on her balcony, holding her hands above a small brazier, or lantern, and letting her loose, flame-like hair flow in the wind
