Elenore Plaisted Abbott Elenore Plaisted Abbott is an American Art Nouveau book illustrator who also specialises in scenic

design, and painting. Elenore was born in Lincoln, Maine, United States. She left to studied art at three institutions, Philadelphia School of Design for Women, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in Paris, France, the Acadmie des Beaux-Arts. She moved back to Philadelphia in 1899 were she later studied with another illustrator called Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute. Pyle was said to have been an inspiration to Elenore as she created her favourite pieces under his tutelage. Elenore married American man C. Yarnall Abbott in 1907 and the couple lived in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania and together they had one daughter called Marjorie. As an illustrator she produced work for Harper's Magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, and Scribner's. Harpers Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in June 1850, it is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971. The Scribners is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing a number of American authors including Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald who are both American authors. Elenore created illustrations for works famous Scottish novelist Robert Lewis Stevenson. Because Roberts adventuress stories, Elenore is suited to illustrate his work. She also did work for the author of the novel Little Woman Louisa May Alcott. Louisa also being an American novelist she created two volumes of the book Little Woman with the sequels called Good Wives, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Elenores illustrations were based on photographs, which she would take and then use to produce images, including paintings.

This painting was illustrated for the Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1920 by the illustrator Elenore Abbott. The illustration is based on the famous fairy tale Cinderella which resembles what happens in the story. I find that the picture does not resemble the Disney Cinderella we know today because of how the picture is portrayed. Because the picture was created in the 1920s, the materials they used are different from the Disney Cinderella. Elenore used pastels and paints to create this piece. The scene they created in the picture is the making of the dress. The picture show the angelic way of making the dress as the fabric are being carried by doves and there is a glowing light by Cinderellas hands. I chose this piece from Elenore because I like her interpretation of Cinderella. The princess looks more graceful and magical. I also like how she uses the same colour tones throughout the picture. She uses different shades of blue which gives depth to the piece. Elenore has also interpreted her version of the mystical creatures mermaids.

Although mermaids are not said to be real, they are still described to have the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Elenore has done a collage of mermaids in a line drawing style. At first glance I could only see the mermaid on the bottom left corner of the picture. When I continued to observe the picture I later found that the mermaids have been drawn into the line drawing with other sea related creatures such as fishes. I love the cleaver way she mixed in the movement of the waves with the mermaids. All most like there moving with the waves. Elenore interpretation of mermaids follows the loving nature of them. She drew them with long flowing hair and the face of a beautiful young lady. Ive always been a fan of line drawing which is why I like her art piece. In this piece she uses black ink which is most common in line drawings. Having done line drawings before, I know the effort and time had to be put into a line drawing. Artwork like this does not need to have colour, because the detailing in the line work. Overall the line drawing has. a wonderful design and is a beautiful interpretation of the mystical creature.

John D. Batten
John D Batten is a British book illustrator and print maker who were brought up in Plymouth, Devon in 1880. He was an active member of the Society of Painters in Tempera, were he specialised in oils, tempera and fresco. John D Batten is known for illustrating a series of fairy tales book which include English Fairy Tales (1890), Celtic Fairy Tales (1892 anthology), More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894). These books were produced by Joseph Jacobs.

This artwork by John D. Batten was made in the year 1916 for his fairy tales series of books. I love this piece as it shows the dark side of the mystical make believe creature. Unicorns are made out to be beautiful, graceful creatures. Because the artwork is in black and white, it also brings out the sinister side of this legendary animal. Rage in animals eyes shows that it is in distress. This line drawing was made for the English novel Dozen at One Blow. The title of the novel links in with the photo because the unicorn looks like it has charged into the tree with great force, knocking down the tree and everything around it. The reason why the unicorn is so in rage with the nature around him is because it does not want to be known as the graceful creature everyone wants it to be.

As labelled, this line drawing is based off the novel beauty and the beast. Looking at the picture, it seems like a more traditional and looks more at the romance side of myths and legends. I love the way the characters look different and more realistic than the Disney version. Looking at picture can see that the story line is different to the Disney version. In this (maybe original) version, the prince seems like hes coming out of his beast skin and turns into a prince. This is different from the Disney version as he transforms into a prince instead of sheading his skin. This may be the how the original story went. Even what they are wearing in the image is traditional. The gown Bella is wearing is a gown that was popular in the 1800. Overall I love how different, traditional and classic the line drawing is.

Sandro Botticelli
Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter who is famous for his mythological paintings called The Birth of Venus and Primavera. He was born the year 1445 in the Republic of Florence (which is now known as Italy). He was said to have becaome an aprentice by the age of fourteen, which would mean that he received a fuller education than other Renaissance artists.

This is one of Sandros famouse painting which depicts the goddess Venus. In the picture, Vense has emerged from the sea as a full grown woman arriving at the sea shore. Because the painting was made a long time ago, its suggested that the artists used paints. The amount of detail that went into every area of this painting is extraordinary. Especially hoxe the painting measures into 172.5 cm 278.9 cm. I really love this painting because how realistic it is potrayed. Although whats potrayed In the painting is a myth, the way the people have been created in this painting is unmistakably real. The use of different shades in the paint have created depth in the painting. Overall this painting has opened the eyes of many people who have seen it (including me) because of the effort and attention to detail in this painting.

With this painting, it comes across religouise belifs as being either being a myth or a legend. This drawing has been said to have been of poets Dante and Virgil entering the 8th circle of hell. I like this

painting because of the mixed emotions that run through my head when I look at it. Although no one knows the exsact reasonwhy the two poets names have been reffered to in the painting, I belive the painting is based off of one of there poems. Preferably a religious poem. Ovarall I love this painting because of the context surrounding this picture.