Est ce que cette illustration de Gustave Doré ne vous dit pas quelque chose ... ?

Easy

There is no honor among thieves

Ça sort d'où, à l'origine ?

Jean 2013 a écrit :Easy

There is no honor among thieves

Ça sort d'où, à l'origine ?

De la Divine Comédie de Dante, fabuleusement illustrée par le maître...

Etant déjà tombe sur un autre modèle original pour une illustration de Darlene Pekul, je me demande dans quelle mesure sa succube de dos (page 230 ou 220 du DMG, je ne me rappelle plus) ne serait pas aussi inspirée d'une autre oeuvre artistique plus ancienne ...*
(le premier à trouver l'original gagnera une salve d'applaudissements)

(* ce qui expliquerait aussi ses proportions toutes rubens-esques)

Faut demander au maître
(Source Interview: Darlene by James Maliszewsk)
Artistically, who are and were your biggest inspirations?
Generations who’ve grown up with RPG materials readily available probably don’t realize just how scarce pictorial representations of monsters were in the pre-internet decade of the late 1970s. Usually, the only image sources of mythical beasts that an artist couldfind were in resource books within a library’s reference section - in different encyclopedia sets, variousdictionaries, and Bestiaries. Lucky visits to out-of town libraries might net different source imagery.Since reference books could not be checked out, Ialways had to be sure to carry enough change with mefor photocopying, just in case. When it came tolocating depictions of unusual creatures, how manytimes did the Lake Geneva Public Library staff point meto their large collection of children’s books? When itcame to fairy tale and children’s book illustrators, Ialways preferred the work of those living earlier in thecentury - Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, AubreyBeardsley, and Kay Neilsen.RPG fantasy illustrators during this period spent mostof their income developing their own resource libraries.Dover Publication reprints made life easier for many of us. Fortunately, I was interested in mythical creatureslong before I moved to Lake Geneva. Much of myresource library began with postcards and bookspurchased at London museums. In 1974, I spent thefall in London as a participant in Beloit College’sStudies Abroad Program. Both the Victoria & AlbertMuseum and the Tate Gallery were only a short walkfrom where we stayed. I enjoyed the gallery of Turner’s canvases and admired his ability to immerse me into his passionate experience of the sea. Imarveled at the paintings of John Constable andstudied the works of the Pre-Raphaelites. I also responded to the work of Heinrich Kley, Gustav Doré,Virgil Finlay, Frank Frazetta, Gustav Klimt and MCEscher.Of the many exquisite collections within the BritishMuseum, I found myself most often visiting themanuscripts they had on display. From the verybeginning, my passion for letters developedconcurrently with my passion for art. In London,during the entire fall of 1974, I took classes in the art of calligraphy from an advanced Craft Member of theprestigious Society of Scribes and Illuminators. There is something about combining illustrations with text that is very satisfying for me. Art Nouveau artists haddifferent ways of juxtaposing words with imagery. Iloved it all. By December, I’d created a medieval-styled book in which I wrote out the text in calligraphy,illuminated the pages and created the illustrations. I am a big admirer of William Morris (of the Arts andCrafts movement) and William Blake, both of whomadvocated the thoughtful integration of imagery withthe written word

Page 227 du DMG
Elle me fait penser aux nues sur l'herbe type Rubens en effet.
Il me semble que sur un tableau il y a bien une femme dans cette position 3/4 arrière avec le visage masqué par le bras... Mais impossible à retrouver....
Faut dire que ma culture artistique =0

C'est une illustration de l'enfer de Dante, justement :

http://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-dore/ ... canto-30-1

elendil a écrit :C'est une illustration de l'enfer de Dante, justement :

http://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-dore/ ... canto-30-1

Bien vu!

Je tiens à dire qu'il est possible de trouver, neuf, dans les bouquineries et autres déstockages de livres, cette édition de la Divine Comédie avec les 136 illustrations de Gustave Doré...

Une salve d'applaudissements pour Elendil ; on l’applaudit bien fort !

Clair , bravo... Je trouve que du coup Darlene ne s est pas trop foulé quand même. l inspiration c est une chose, mais là...