#zobeide

[diemelusine]

Ida Rubinstein dressed as Zobeide in the ballet Scheharazade (1922) by Jacques-Émile Blanche. Houghton Library.

[mote-historie]

George Barbier. Ida Rubinstein and Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade, 1910.

This illustration by Georges Barbier shows Ida Rubinstein and Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade, first performed by Sergei Dhiagilev's Ballet Russes in 1910 at the Opéra Garnier in Paris. One of the shah's many wives, Zobéide, danced by Rubinstein is seduced by a slave, danced by Nijinsky.

Barbier occasionally signed his early works with the pseudonym, Edward William Larry, or just Larry. (x)

[cleverhologramchild]

En nous faisant des questions sur des choses qui ne vous regardent nullement, vous pourrez entendre ce qui ne vous plairait pas.

LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS

[hjs257]

Florence by Sofia Podestà Via Flickr: Florence, Italy April 2014 Facebook // Portfolio // Instagram Please don't share it on your personal blog without asking me first. Thanks!

[hardcorechic]

Agoraphobia by Sofia Podestà 

[classiclikealittleblackdress]

Pratopiazza por Sofia Podestà Via Flickr: Dolomites, Italy August 2015 On Photovogue On 35mm Facebook // Portfolio // Instagram Please don't share it on your personal blog without asking me first. Thanks!

[edniz]

My final project of this year’s graphic design class.

This is a back to back spread that becomes some sort of a booklet when it is folded. The facing pages are those that I have uploaded separately, and you can see the whole spread at the very beginning. 

Our wonderful teacher (Adam Pekalski) had given each of us a city from Italo Calvino’s novel, Invisible Cities. The stories in the book are very visual, you instantly have an image in your head as you read them. I really enjoyed picturing and illustrating Zobeide. Also I’ve got to say that I was inspired by Dragon Age Inquisition’s tarot card designs (I really love them). 

It is the original and the whole text in the pictures, so read it and enjoy it.

[invisiblecities2-blog]

Zobeide (Cities & Desire 5)

“The first to arrive could not understand what drew these people to Zobeide, this ugly city, this trap.”