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| By Arthur Rackham |
“Arthur Rackham is one of the most remarkable and prolific book illustrators of the 20th century. Although his illustrations were commissioned for children’s books, his works have a strange and often disturbing quality.
He uses his art as a weapon against our endemic anthropocentrism slyly and cleverly, challenging the notion that we are central to and in control of our world. In the fantasy world of Arthur Rackham, there are very real forces that we are blind to; and we ignore them at our peril.”
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| Arthur Rackham |
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| Arthur Rackham |
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| Abandoned building from nuclear testing facilites in Kazakhstan |
"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. that's for thoughts.
There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's rue
for you; and here's some for me: we may call it
herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue with
a difference. There's a daisy: I would give you
some violets, but they withered all when my father
died: they say he made a good end,--"
From Act IV, Scene V of William Shakespeare's Hamlet,
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| ophelia |
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| another painting take on the story of Ophelia |
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| Ophelia |
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| a more photographic approach to Ophelia |
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| Ophelia |
"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. that's for thoughts.
There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's rue
for you; and here's some for me: we may call it
herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue with
a difference. There's a daisy: I would give you
some violets, but they withered all when my father
died: they say he made a good end,--"
From Act IV, Scene V of William Shakespeare's Hamlet,
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