The create the surreal and dark atmosphere of the images, Ernst cut up and rearranged illustrations from Victorian Books , Encyclopedias and other books.
To show how he did this , i will show an example:
This image os the original , an illustration by Alphonse d'Ennery for Illustration of Martyre which was made in 1885,
Wereas this is Ernst's image for "The Court of the Dragon" featured in "Une semaine de bonté" . As you can see , Ernst has chopped and edited the original image to mage it much more surreal and shocking for the audience .
One of my favourite images from this book is the Vampire's Kiss , also from "The Court of the Dragon" this image is very poignant for me as the detail and texture of the piece echoes examples of victorian echings which Ernst has then altered to make a completly different and warped image but still has the beauty and charm that the original possessed
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