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Artist
- Name:
- Beardsley, Aubrey
- Dates:
- 1872-1898
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Under the hill
- Author(s):
- Beardsley, Aubrey
- Publisher:
- London, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, John Lane, [1928]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Das Rheingold is the first part of Wagner’s cycle known in English as The Ring of the Nibelung. In this illustration, we can see Wotan (left) and Loge, a demi-god of fire, in the Nibelungs’ underworld, in search of the gold stolen by Alberich. Loge mocks the magical powers of Alberich, who responds by morphing into a dragon. Loge pretends to be scared.
Beardsley had plans for a series of drawings dedicated to Das Rheingold, but he only had time to complete two of them.
Keywords: 1920s, 20th century, Art Nouveau, black & white, mythology, sly, Victorian
