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Heidi
Unregistered User
(2/8/02 4:48:43 pm)
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Cinderella Picture Books
We've all been a rather quiet bunch of late, but I have a question that has been bugging me recently.
With all of the many, many illustrated versions of Cinderella around, past and present, what are your all time favorites? Please try to keep the list to under ten, but I know that would be hard, too.
I myself am partial to Edmund Dulac's classic illustrations. I think they defined my vision of Cinderella as a child even more than the ever present Disney incarnation. Some of my favorites of more recent years are the works of Robert Innocenti and Hilary Knight. Marcia Brown's are classics, too, but I have never particulary cared for them, even as a child.
Of late, I haven't cared for David Roberts' illustrations for "Cinderella
: An Art Deco Love Story." Take a look at www.amazon.com/exec/obido...lalufairyt
I guess it's because I compare them with Innocenti's and cannot
compare the two.
It seems that one could spend a lifetime just collecting all of the many visions of Cinderella provided by so many artists.
Any thoughts?
Heidi
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Jess
Unregistered User
(2/9/02 9:40:22 am)
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Cinderella and a strange flash back
Heidi,
We have been quiet of late. Here is a very superficial answer to your question. I don't know. I have seen so many beautiful illustrations of Cinderella or the Cinderella story. But oddly enough, when I read your posting, what flashed into my head was the illustrations of a pop-up book my sister had of the Cinderella story in the early 1970's. It was that book that caught my imagination. Further, it was this version of Cinderella which first introduced me to the Grimm brother's ending where the stepsister's get their eyes pecked out. Interestingly, although I can recall details of the illustrations, I cannot for the life of me recall the style (period) of dress. Naturally, I do not recall the illustrator as I was very young.
Thanks for letting me share.
Jess
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RuthS
Unregistered User
(2/9/02 9:32:07 pm)
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Cinderella
I love the Dulac illustrations, too. I like the cover and some of the interiors of Kinuko Craft's version, (from 1999), but as with her other books, I found it inconsistent as a whole. I must admit, I am a pretty tough critic. Her cover is gorgeous.
Cinderella has been a thorn in my side since I began to do fairytales. I turned down two publishers in 1986 and 1989 that wanted me to illustrate it. It was that Disney 'icon' that I could not overcome in my mind. I loved that movie so much as a child. Well, this past year my editor asked again, and I finally felt ready to tackle it. Here's why. (I hope you don't mind my digression, here, but Cinderella is a bit of an obsession for me right now)
I find that I always want to blend the Grimm and Perrault versions of fairytales, and find it satisfying to try to balance the darker German tales with the lighter French versions. In my ending of Cinderella,for instance, the birds peck furiously at the sisters, chasing them into their house, where they have to remain, having no chance to get married to the rich noblemen, but neither do they end up with bloody eye sockets. I incorporate the hazel tree and the white bird, also, keeping a stronger connection with Cinderella's dead mother. One change that I made that is in neither version, was that I have the prince himself try the slipper on Cinderella. It was too romantic a scene to pass up, and is my favorite illustration in the book. The point of all this is that now MY version is 'real' to me,because my story resonates with my own sensibilities, and now the Disney version is a ghost of a memory.
Thanks, Heidi, for letting me ramble on here, (and shamelessly plug my new book.)
If anyone would like to see some of the artwork, it will be in the gallery section on my website within a week or so. The cover is now in the book section.
Ever after,
Ruth Sanderson
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Jess
Unregistered User
(2/11/02 8:50:16 am)
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Cinderella Picture Books
Heidi,
You might mention that you have several illustrators' versions
of Cinderella on the SurLaLune website, including the Dulac for
those unfamiliar with them.
Jess
Go see them at: Fairy
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