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weltandschaung · 1 year
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BARBIER (GEORGES) Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky, NUMBER 131 OF 400 COPIES "on vellum paper", C.W. Beaumont, 1913 | Bonhams
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MIOMANDRE (Fr. de) – BARBIER (G.). Dessins sur les danses de Vaslav Nijinsky, 1913 | Christie's
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Georges Barbier (1882 - 1932) :: Ida Rubinstein and Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade. Ink and watercolour on paper, signed Larry and dated 1910 l.r. [Barbier occasionally signed his early works with the pseudonym, Edward William Larry.]
The 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.
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scherzokinn · 7 months
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Dr. Bashir as Nijinsky's Faun
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First Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fanart! I've been getting more interested again in Star Trek lately and wanted to make a drawing related to that.
Context + details under the cut + alt version
There are quite a few "jokes" circulating in the Trek fandom about Dr. Julian Bashir being a ballet fan, or even a ballet dancer himself, because of his ex-girlfriend being a ballerina, so I got inspired by that and... drew him as the faun from the ballet "Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune" by Vaslav Nijinsky, based on the piece of the same title by Claude Debussy (which again, was based on the poem "L'Après midi d'un faune" by Stéphane Mallarmé).
The costume was, obviously, heavily based on the original from the ballet by Léon Bakst, although I made some adaptations to make it look more futuristic (? though this was hard because the original attire itself is already pretty modern), and also make sure Bashir was recognizable (I replaced the headpiece that maintained the horns with a rose crown, which I guess isn't fully off tracks either because Léon Bakst did design a costume made of roses for another ballet!)
And no, this isn't "Vulcanface", that's the actual makeup of the faun in the ballet haha.
I dedicate this drawing to my friend @bashircore! Dr. Bashir is his favorite Star Trek character.
The veil Julian is holding is Elim Garak's, by the way. :)
Some close-ups:
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Alternative version (with a background and some minor adjustments):
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federer7 · 1 year
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Théatre de Monte-Carlo, Ballet Russe; Nijinsky. 1911
Lithograph in colours by Jean Cocteau
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fashionbooksmilano · 10 months
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Étonne-moi! Serge Diaghilev et les Ballets Russes
sous la direction de  John Bowlt, Zelfira Tregulova, Nathalie Rosticher Giordano,
Skira, Milano 2009, 339 pagine, 25 x 29 cm, 300 ill.colori, ISBN 9788857200910
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Exposition Monaco, Moscou 2009
En mai 1909, Serge Diaghilev stupéfia le monde de la danse avec les premières représentations parisiennes de ses ballets, combinaison sans précédent de grâce et de vitalité, d’originalité et de raffinement technique. Monte-Carlo, qui fut pour Diaghilev un important centre d’activités pendant l’existence de la compagnie connue sous le nom de Ballets russes, célèbre ce centenaire par une grande exposition comptant plus de 300 oeuvres d’art ayant trait aux Saisons russes de 1909 à 1929. L’exposition s’accompagne d’un catalogue entièrement illustré auquel ont contribué les plus grands spécialistes de l’histoire du ballet et des arts visuels russes. Les productions légendaires du Pavillon d’Armide, de Cléopâtre, de Schéhérazade, du Sacre du printemps de Petrouchka, de Parade et de bien d’autres ballets revivent à travers des projets de décors, des costumes, des tableaux, des sculptures, des photographies, des éditions de luxe, des programmes et des objets de culture matérielle. Les oeuvres d’art proviennent d’une grande variété de collections publiques et privées, nationales et internationales, telle la collection Fokine du Musée du théâtre de Saint-Pétersbourg. Les créations scéniques de Diaghilev s’accompagnent d’un nombre important de tableaux, de dessins et d’autres objets contextuels qui ont caractérisé la renaissance culturelle russe dans les premières décennies du XXe siècle. L’exposition et son catalogue s’inscrivent dans une plus vaste série de manifestations ayant trait à l’activité de Diaghilev à Monte-Carlo et à Moscou, comprenant des spectacles de ballet, des films, des conférences et un colloque international.
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sworddaughter · 10 months
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george de la pena as nijinsky has altered my brain chemistry
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voguefashion · 2 years
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Vaslav Nijinsky in a costume by Léon Bakst for the ballet Le Spectre de la Rose by Michel Fokine, 1911.
Nijinsky's silk elastic costume is covered with silk rose petals. Nijinsky was stitched into the costume for every show. After every show, the wardrobe mistress would touch up the petals with her curling iron.
Nijinsky's make-up was an important part of the costume design. Romula de Pulszky, later to be his wife, wrote that he looked like "a celestial insect, his eyebrows suggesting some beautiful beetle". Ostwald writes that Nijinsky's costume was like a ballerina's.
Sometimes, petals would become loose and fall to the stage floor. Nijinsky's servant Vasili would collect the petals and sell them as souvenirs. It was said that he built a large house called Le Château du Spectre de la Rose with the profits from the sale of the petals.
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thebrandondowning · 11 months
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JOHN KEATS AND EMILY DICKINSON (2022), 7 ½" x 11"
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rivieiraa · 7 months
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detournementsmineurs · 3 months
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"Nijinsky et la Karsavina" par Jacqueline Marval (circa 1910) à l'exposition “Le Paris de la Modernité (1905-1925)” du Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, décembre 2023.
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jenniedavis · 1 year
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frangvski · 1 year
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blorbo from my academic field
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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) :: Théatre de Monte-Carlo; Ballet Russe; [Nijinsky]. Lithograph in colours, 1911, printed by Eugène Verneau & Henri Chachoin, Paris. | src Christie's
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wolfie-wolfgang · 9 months
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faune. afternoon over. not Nijinsky.
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transistoradio · 1 year
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Nijinsky: A True Story (1980) — poster, preliminary, and additional art by Richard Amsel (1947-1985).
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circuskun · 2 years
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牧神/薔薇の精
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