#elna borch

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[aleksakonstanta]

Death and the Maiden by Elna Borch, 1905 

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Elna Borch - Death and the Maiden, 1905.

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◈   @umtplex​​ sent ❂ to get a moodboard for our muses

[thegreatsylvando]

Death & the Maiden

Evelyn de Morgan • Marianne Stokes • Henri Leopold-Levy • Elna Borch

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please zoom in to see the details I am begging you - freed zeltron nips on twitter

Based loosely on Elna Borch’s sculpture 'Death and the Maiden' (1912) Let me know if you can spot any of the other hidden imagery!

[mrdraws]

The Master of the Strings. Referenced from Death and the Maiden by Elna Borch

Blotted out the nips cuz tumblr lol

[nyomkitten]

small gushing over The Sandman #1-16

alternating between The Sandman’s comics and audiobooks to get me through the workday. (yes, finally got around to them, please clap.) i am not sure whether the chills are entirely due to the sleep-deprived, overcaffeinated body, or whether some of the writing/art is also to blame (affectionate).

to take a completely random example, which is not at all the one i'm currently fascinated by. "Lost Hearts", comic issue #16/audiobook Act I Episode 16. (spoilers forthcoming.)

it is Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane which is also somehow the Garden of Eden. also, you look me and the eye and tell me this isn't Death and the Maiden. o shit. it's Dream temporarily taking his sister's place in the execution of his function. o shiiiiit.

[ID: two panels from Sandman 16: "Lost Hearts". The first shows Death, arms outstretched, apologising to Rose Walker for having to kill her. in the second, he takes her in his arms. Written by Neil Gaiman, drawn by Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III.]

[ID: a photo of Elna Borch's sculpture, Death and the Maiden. Photograph by Daderot in the public domain.]

also i am obsessed with the characterisation of Dream. i am very new to the comic medium in general, but from my limited framework he is such a unique lead. (i don't even know whether to call him a hero or an antihero.) he functions by his own rules (cough cough Aslan), which (as they're defined) do not overlap with any familiar framework of morality; indeed, his domain is itself amoral. yet the story's moral arc relies on him. it almost makes me wonder at the Justice League cameo appearances in #5 "Passengers", because the thinness of the quintessential superhero character is caricatured very well in #12 "Playing House" (episode 13 in the Act I audiobook).

i just.

of course, Death is such a comforting character (i love #8 "The Sound of Her Wings" so much for its vibes), andbutalso Dream is such a rich concept to anthropomorphizedly personify. i love Gaiman for (a lot of the things he's written, including) doing this. just,, the concept of dreams—nebulous, unpredictable, quite scary—inherently rule-abiding and honourable and loving of humanity in ways humanity cannot really understand most of the time. also, i am reluctant to examine how much of my liking for Dream is because he's voiced by James McAvoy who is doing an excellent job. (however, when abolition of RP and encouragement of natural accents pls.)

PS. i adore the genderfuckery in the stories. i'm sure you've seen that post that Gaiman reblogged. it is so there in the source material lol. (aside from women written as three-dimensional characters,) Justin Vivian Bond as Desire is the BEST decision ever.

i'm only just starting #17, so i'm sure there will be Certain Bits (like #15 “Collectors”; holy fuck what was that), but i trust Gaiman enough to proceed in good faith.

i am so excited for the rest of the series and then eventually getting on to the Netflix adaptation. WHEN WILL I GET SHELF SPACE AND MONEY FOR ALL THE COMICS. and a final note on the multiplicity of formats: when the audiobook came out, there were a lot of people appreciating how the audiobook made the story accessible in the way that the comics weren’t; and i am not sure if i have a neurodivergent brain or i’m just a hyperactive idiot, but this is definitely the case for me. i appreciate Dirk Maggs’ adaptation so much and the love Gaiman brings to everything he touches.

(PPS. yesterday i read Fahrenheit 451. Please make me write about that, too.)

[guardianofbone]

Elna Borch - Death and the Maiden, 1905 - The Grim Reaper Takes All

[if-ill-run-late-eat]

Elna Borch (Danish sculptor) - Death and the Maiden

[desperatemoose]

Death and the Maiden by Elna Borch

[diaryofasugarfiend]

Having a completely normal one recreating Death and the Maiden imagery with alien dinosaurs. Originals are by Elna Borch and Hans Baldung Grien respectively. 

[zollantiques]

Elna Borch f.1869-1950. Også kendt som billedhugger for Just Andersen. Blyantstegning i farver, karikatur portræt af munk. Signeret: E.Borch 15. Titel: C...ta i Antino. Dateret til 1915. Dette er en original tegning. Monteret med rund sortlakeret træramme og glas. Diameter på ramme: 16 cm. Pris: 990kr. #zollantiquesART #zollantiquesKUNST #zollantiques #kimzoll #storekongensgade #copenhagen #københavn #interieur #boligstyling #kunst #art #painting #maleri #artgallery #galleri #paintingforsale #antiqueart #vintageart #danishart #danishartist #drawing#elnaborch#elnaborchjustandersen#justandersen#munk#karikaturtegning (her: ZOLL Antiques. the pleasure of collecting) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8biyidA4CZ/?igshid=281lnl7jko08

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Elna Borch, Death and the Maiden, 1905.

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Death and the Maiden - Elna Borch (1905)

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Death and the Maiden, Elna Borch 1912