Emma by Jane Austen
Hugh Thomson cover of the Jane Austen’s novel Emma and photo of the movie “Emma” starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse in the movie “Emma” directed by Douglas McGrath in 1996. Emma Woodhouse is a character of the Jane Austen’s novel Emma published in 1815. Emma is a young, rich and clever woman who is…
Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen. Photo of the movie Pride and prejudice directed by Joe…
Pre-Raphaelite delicacy
Jules Frederic Ballavoine’s painting, pomegranate jewel, William Morris design and my photo of sea in Sicily. Pre-Raphaelism was a British artistic movement, born in the late 1840s, in London, during the Victorian era. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of three young students of the Royal Academy : William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), John Everett Millais…
Opalescent jewelry
Winged heart opal brooch, Pre Raphaelite (Arts & Crafts) tiara (1900s) and William Morris’ illustration. Opalescence is the optical property of a transparent or translucide material which gives it an aspect or a milky color with iridescent reflects like the opals. “Precious opals are translucent to transparent and are distinguished by a combination of milky…
An angel announcing Christmas
Guy Untereiner’s illustrations (angel and heart). The background was designed by me on the base of mosaics in Sicily.
A charming Christmas
Vintage illustration, pattern i designed and Andrea Fohrman’s earrings.
Art Deco Christmas
Erté illustration, gold pattern i designed (based on a photo of the German architecture). Art Deco emerged in 1925, at the World’s Fair in Paris, France. This art movement is called Art Deco in reference to the name of the “Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes”.
Christmas lights in the 1920s
My photo of Christmas lights in Alsace and illustration of 1920s women.
1920s Christmas
Photo of my Christmas tree (decorated with my aunt), Art Deco inspired pattern (made with photoshop based on a photo in Germany) and illustration of a woman in the 1920s.
A Christmas in Alsace
Hansi’s illustration and Wilhelm Schweizer Pewter’s Christmas ornaments (Christmas tree).
Santa Claus in Alsace
Wilhelm Schweizer Pewter’s Christmas ornaments (Santa Claus and an angel) and Hansi’s illustration of Alsace during Christmas’ night.
An iced Christmas in Alsace
Snowflake, Hansi’s illustration of an Alsatian girl and an Alsatian village.
A woman surrounded by flowers
Mix of Mucha’s illustrations and enameled and diamond set brooch by Whiteside & Blank. More Mucha’s illustrations :
Délicatesse fleurie
Mix of two Alphonse Mucha’s illustrations, Art nouveau enameled and diamond set brooch by Whiteside & Blank and Ilgiz Fazulzyanov’s ring.
Art nouveau poppies
“Art nouveau (Art nouille) is a style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the USA from about 1890 until the First World War and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms.” Poppy is a floral pattern often used by Art nouveau artists (illustrators, jewelers…) like…
Poppies, delicate and bright flowers
Poppies (made with photoshop, based on a free image) and my illustration of stylised flowers (golden version).
Portrait of a woman in the 1920s
Boucheron earrrings and necklace, face i created with photoshop (geometric shapes), mouth inspired by Benito, Egyptian eyes, 1920s Inspired accessories and mother of pearl texture for the skin. This set is influenced by Eduardo Garcìa Benito, the cubist artist Franz Hagenauer and Egytian art (eyes).
Elegance in the 1920s
“A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant”. Coco Chanel Artys’ necklace and earrings, drawing of an Art Deco woman by Sveta Dorosheva (Eduardo Garcìa Benito’s inspired), eyes and mouth from a Reynaldo Luza’s illustration (1927), mother of Pearl texture for the skin, 1920s hat, gold texture and pattern i made (background). This…
