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The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli
- The fact that she is wearing white, which is a
colour purity and innocence, whilst
there are red curtains behind, which is
colour of passion and lust creates a
contrast.
- The contrast may symbolise
the evil surrounding her.
- It also intesifies the
woman's purity
- The contrast may symbolise
the evil surrounding her.
- The Goblin
- The Gobling is also perched on the
woman's chest, which may represent
the sexulisation of women at the time
- It may represent society
and the lengths woman
went to live by its
standards
- It may represent society
and the lengths woman
went to live by its
standards
- The Goblin is sitting on
her dreams-referring
back to title.
- It may be some sort of inner
evil she is trying to let out
- It may be some sort of alter ego
she si trying to express, as the
Romatic Era was all about
expressing oneself.
- The Gobling is also perched on the
woman's chest, which may represent
the sexulisation of women at the time
- The horse/donkey
- It may represent how people
used to look at the bad
things, but never intervene.
- Donkeys are often associated
with stupidity and this may
represent how stupid people
were to follow society
- The word for a female
horse is mare-nightmare.
- The goblin could've
used this mare to
travel to the lady
- The goblin could've
used this mare to
travel to the lady
- Horses also represent freedom and this
may show how close the woman is
freedom, but is weighed down by one
thing-her demon (goblin)
- The horse has bulging eye, as if
its trying to take in all the action
and then gossip about it to
friends.
- It may represent how people
used to look at the bad
things, but never intervene.
- Her position
- She is in a position of
vunrerabillity and is
open to attack
- Her position looks as if
she's in a state of horror
- Having a nightmare
- Having a nightmare
- She is in a position of
vunrerabillity and is
open to attack
- Colour Scheme
- Everything around the woman is
dark apart from her
- Showing that she's the only
purity in the painting
- Showing that she's the only
purity in the painting
- The cutains
- The curtains are blood red just like the
ones in theatres, which may imply that
this woman's 'nightmare' is all just a
show for society
- The curtains are blood red just like the
ones in theatres, which may imply that
this woman's 'nightmare' is all just a
show for society
- Everything around the woman is
dark apart from her
- The Artist
- Some people say it has something
to do with Fuseli's love life
- He was rejected by a
woman he loved over
another man
- The painting represents his desire to have
her-the goblin may be him, the woman is his
love and the horse is his means of travel to
get to the woman
- The painting represents his desire to have
her-the goblin may be him, the woman is his
love and the horse is his means of travel to
get to the woman
- He was rejected by a
woman he loved over
another man
- Another interpretation is that the painting
may represent the sexual desire he has for
the woman an that the woman is in a state
of pleasure not horror.
- Some people say it has something
to do with Fuseli's love life
- The table
- Upon the table are some
mysterious objects possibly
medicine or alcohol
- She could be realesing her demons using
the medicine or alcohol or comited
suicide and released her demons
- She could be realesing her demons using
the medicine or alcohol or comited
suicide and released her demons
- Upon the table are some
mysterious objects possibly
medicine or alcohol
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