#then coming back to form part of the bedrock of art nouveau

[laika-the-bitch]

Elysion — Leon Bakst, 1906

#love how you can see the whole chain of influences and appropriations that led to this painting #from chinese mountain-water paintings to shubun and sesshu to the japanese influense on impressionsts #and the postimpressionists (van gogh`s reproductions of hiroshige`s prints are wonderfull #in case you haven`t seen them) #and the (post-)impressionist`s influence on japan`s later ukiyoe works #then coming back to form part of the bedrock of art nouveau #which so clearly made an impression on bakst #even if he wasn`t strictly part of the movement #art #leon bakst