Thursday, September 15, 2011

Costumes by Leon Bakst

Last month when I shared La Boutique Fantasque music and album covers, I also included a Bakst costume, with the instructions to myself to return to Bakst someday. This is that day:

from Cleopatre
by Leon Bakst

from The Blue God
by Leon Bakst

from Sleeping Beauty
by Leon Bakst

also from The Sleeping Beauty
by Leon Bakst

Saint Sebastien
by Leon Bakst

Bluebird
by Leon Bakst

Firebird
by Leon Bakst

The Blue Sultan from Scheherazade
by Leon Bakst

Seraphina
by Leon Bakst

Links:

~ Some cool photos of his costumes
~ A 20 minute film about Bakst
~ A Scheherazade post

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1 comment:

  1. HighwaySeptember 16, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    Such a magnificent flamboyance to these costumes. Part of me would like to see the result in fabric (like the Bluebird), but another part feels that the drawings are the finished work.

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