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PRINCESS CINDERELLA
Vladimir Kush
18" x 24"
Limited Edition Giclee Canvas: 325
The artist uses motives of the Cinderella
fairy tale, a girl who lost her crystal shoe at the ball and the
prince who fell in love with her. We discover here as well an interest
to symbolism and allegory, particularly found in texts of medieval
alchemy. We know alchemists tried to transform base metals into gold.
But in fact transformation of a poor girl to a fine princess is also a
kind of alchemical manipulation, “transmutation” of
"cinders" into gold. The picture represents the
arrival of Princess Cinderella – a fair-haired beauty of the North -
to her groom. His carriage is just about to arrive. Princess and her
retinue are walking in the shining beauty of nature. The wind welcomes
her filling her veil and transforming it into a shoe - a symbol of
Cinderella’s destiny. The sky is filled with alternating stripes of
rays and rain and the fanciful game of clouds. Crystal ripples sparkle
and glisten in the sun. All this gives rise to a feeling of
renovation, joy of the beginning a new life. Now we seem to be hearing
the sounds of familiar music: "Here Comes the
Bride"!
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