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"Pelleas and Melisande"by
Cristina Alvarez Magliano |
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Size:
| 25"
x 25.5" | Method:
| saw
& knife | Completed:
| 2003 |
Source:
| original |
Dyed and natural veneer, acrylic paint, silver wire and graphite over marquetry.
"This
picture is dedicated to Melisande, the principal character of Debussy's opera
"Pelleas et Melisande." Bonded by a very deep and prohibited love (Melisande
is married to Pelleas's brother). In the most revealing scene, Melisande's blonde
hair covers the body of her lover -that is a requirement of the script for the
Act III- and they embrace unconscious of anyone that could be watching them. Finally,
both die: Pelleas is killed by Golaud and Melisande follows him after she's given
birth to a girl. Her grandfather-in-law then says, "Now, it is the turn of
the poor little creature..." It is a history of love, life and death that
worried the great artists of the beginning of the XX century. The symbolism of
Klimt in his painting "Life and Death", although not related to the
opera, reveals once more that cultural movements don't come isolated but are the
product of his concern at a given time." | |
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