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“Bluebeard’s Brides”
Justin DeVine
jdevineart.com
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The set of this year’s @monthofloveart prompts reminded me of nothing so much as the story of Bluebeard, so with that in mind–even though it’s not particularly romantic–here’s a piece about “secrets”.
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The Sleeping Beauty, variously adapted by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. Illustrations by Erik Bulatov and Oleg Vasilyev.
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The Glass Slipper
(Handmade Soft Toy inspired by the 1955 film starring Leslie Caron as Cinderella and Michael Wilding as the Prince based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault )
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She was taken at once, in all her new glory, to meet the young Prince.
An illustration for Cinderellaby Sheilah Beckett.
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Just at this moment the Fairy Godmother appeared. She touched Cinderella with her magic wand.
Detail from an illustration for Cinderella by Sheilah Beckett.
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Making Cinderella sit down, he knelt to place the glass slipper on her foot.
An illustration for Cinderellaby Sheilah Beckett.
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The dancers stopped, the musicians stopped, so anxious they all were to have a look at this lovely, unknown princess.
Details from a two-page illustration for Cinderellaby Sheilah Beckett.
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), woodcut illustration for ‘Barbe Bleue’ (Bluebeard) from ‘Les Contes de Perrault’ (Paris, Jules Hetzel, 1862).
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The tale tells the story of a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors.
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