This image comprised of pastel, was created between 1905-08 by Odilon Redon and is thought to reflect Shakespeare's Hamlet. There are fruits aswell as no specific flower type in the drawing, and Ophelia turned towards them apparently contemplating beauty. The use of colour and composition in this image really drew me towards it. The intense landscape suggesting an evening scene in the background used the intense reds and yellows that contrast so well against the flowers, which are of a larger size and take up a lot of the image with the bright colours. Ophelia is almost faded into the yellow background and this suggests to me that nature and these natural fruits were seen as more beautiful that the most beautiful of women and therefore should be given more attention when viewing this image.
Ophelia also is adorned in a flower hairband, which I would like to investigate further and also possibly look at other Shakespeare works such as 'A midsummer nights dream' which was very mythical and nature based.
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