Friday, March 11, 2011

Sarah as Persephone



Okay, as a HUGE fan of the movie Labyrinth, I have to share this piece of brilliance.

DeviantArt member Janey-Jane created this great image of Rossetti's Persephone, as Sarah from Labyrinth. I think she did an outstanding job of both making it a likeness of Jennifer Connelly, and also making it quite Rossetti.

I also love how she reinterpreted the pomegranate as a peach, changed the objects in the corner to an owl feather and crystal ball. And apparently the text at the top is the story Sarah starts to tell Toby before he's taken. ("Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl whose stepmother always made her stay home with the baby...what no one knew was the King of the goblins had fallen in love with the girl...")

Rock on, Janey-Jane.
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10 comments:

  1. roselilacMarch 12, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    I saw that picture a while ago, it truly is made of awesome. Janey Jane is an awesome artist.

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  2. HermesMarch 12, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    What a good comparison.

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  3. SabrinaMarch 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM

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  4. AnonymousMarch 13, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    Hi !

    I found your blog today and I'm really happy to discover someone who likes pre-rephaelite movement like me !

    Because I'm french and here nobody know the pre-raphaelisme so I can't talk about it...

    It should be great if we can talk about this by email ! You can contact me at cat3120@hotmail.fr !

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    Pauline

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  5. Three PugsketeersMarch 14, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Sweeeeeeet!!

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  6. UnknownMarch 20, 2011 at 5:39 AM

    Hello, Grace,

    I'm Sally, a friend of Kevin's from Australia.

    I'm most impressed by your blog - I hope you don't mind my having subscribed to it!

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  7. RadcliffeMarch 20, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    Congratulations on a beautiful and totally interesting blog. Hope you don't mind I have added you to my list of blogs I follow. I, too, am a big fan of the movie Labyrinth and I love the painting of Jennifer as Persephone.

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  8. GraceMarch 20, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    Hey Sabrina, Pauline, Sally and Radcliffe! So glad you're enjoying the blog!! Thanks so much :D

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  9. BowmanMarch 28, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    Hi, as passionate about the Pre-Raphaelites, yu blog space seems like a wonderful reunion for all who love this art movement.
    Congratulations, Greetings from Spain.

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  10. improper doctorApril 8, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    Hi Grace
    i'm a little out of my comfort zone with the technology, so this is really just a test to see if I can do it before saying anything substantive!

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