Land of the Sylphs

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Title

Land of the Sylphs

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Land of the Sylphs is a 1920 etching that depicts a large crowd of nude sylphs luxuriating in a fantastical landscape dotted with Neo-classical follies. The figures and landscape are delineated with a fine black line and minimal shading. Sylphs are fairy-like, female air elementals that were first described by the alchemist, astrologer and physician Paracelsus in the 16th century. They were studied and seriously believed in until rationalism and empiricism took hold the late 18th century. By ...

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Format

Image

Date created

1920

Creator

Norman Lindsay

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/42160

Related subjects

paper / prints / etchings / works on paper / etching / Sir John Ilott

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