#sadko

[enchantedbook]

illustration for the Russian folk tale of 'Sadko'. Artist : Evgeny Bashmakov.

[ohulancutash]

Some favourite pieces of artwork I discovered through OWW:

(in no particular order)

Number 10! - Sadko, by Ilya Repin (1876). (...Slightly vandalised with an Ariel bra so as not to upset Tumblr).

This is apparently a piece based on a Russian epic poem, and depicts a scene where Sadko the musician is asked to choose one of the daughters of the Sea Tsar to marry, but on the advice of a holy man asks for the hand of the very last daughter, Chernava, who lives a peasant's life and works as a servant for her father. Chernava is actually the spirit of the Chernava river (yes I am getting Spirited Away flashbacks too), and transforms to help him escape from the underwater kingdom. Chernava is shown in the top left of the painting.

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Chris: Sadko aka The Magic of Sinbad is a Russian fantasy film by Alexsandr Ptushko, Sinbad searches for the bird of happiness and has adventures including backstabbing barbarians, a singing bird with the head of woman, the royal court of Atlantis, etc., quite cool and needs to be remastered like all of this director’s films, Watch: When Free.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046264/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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