A Life of Fairy Tales

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[chivalry-on-canvas]

Emilia in the rosegarden (Teseida) by Giovanni Boccaccio

[nimphelos]

of his [aldarion’s] first journey little is known, save that he made the friendship of círdan and gil-galad

[illustratus]

Honeymoon by Joseph Christian Leyendecker

[nijinokanatani]

Averil Mary Burleigh (1883-1949) 

Illustration for “Imitation Of Spenser” by John Keats

[alifeoffairytales]

Painted carpets by Yazep Narсyzavіch Drazdovich

[stannisbaratheon]

We must set your father an impossible challenge. You must tell him you have a whim for …  A dress the color of the weather  /  A dress the color of the moon  /  A dress the color of the sun

Catherine Deneuve as The Princess in Peau d'âne (Donkey Skin) 1970, dir. Jacques Demy

[fairytalemood]

art by Rudolf Koivu

[alifeoffairytales]

United Defence Against Aggression (England and France, 1914) by Francis Ernest Jackson (1872-1945), posted by Amber Tree on Flickr

[enchantedbook]

White dragon by Natalya Mosyagina

[enchantedbook]

"Night in the Forest" by William Louis , 1859

[alifeoffairytales]

V. Alfeevsky (В.Алфеевский) - The Snow Queen

[alifeoffairytales]

[forest-woman]

Collection of vintage French fairytale books

[classicalcanvas]

Two Girls With An Oleander (1890) by Gustav Klimt

[7pleiades7]

Love's Messenger, (Details), (1885), by Marie Spartali Stillman (British, 1844 – 1927), watercolor, tempera and gold color on paper mounted on wood, 32 in (81.2 cm) x 26 in (66 cm), Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington

[7pleiades7]

Miranda (1856) by Frederick Sandys (British, 1829 – 1904), oil on mahogany panel. 17 ½ x 13 ½ inches (44.4 x 34.2 cm), Private Collection of Lord Lloyd Webber

[farawayrosewindows]

The Queen from Mopsa the Fairy by Jean Ingelow, 1919

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Feeding the Flamingoes, lead-glass window, 1898 Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company

[alifeoffairytales]

I got to see this in person recently at the Morse Museum of American Art!