May 11, 2010

The son of Czar Saltan travels the sea in a barrel


Some of these I pick just because they are pretty and make me happy.

Pushkin’s
Tale about Czar Saltan and his son Gvidon
1905, illustrator Ivan Bilibin
from Poemas del río Wang, seen at Uncertain Times

5 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

What a tattoo you could make around this one!

Steph(anie) said...

I have a poster of The Great Wave off Kanagawa that I need to get hung up...

That Hank said...

Mama: great idea. It would look best on someone with a fairly wide back, between their shoulder blades.

Steph: nice!

May said...

I used to try to paint pictures like this. I just love it so much.

That Hank said...

There's a certain style of Russian illustration that just really moves me.