Uma conversa à beira da estrada

1917

Arthur Rackham, um mestre da Era de Ouro da Ilustração com fortes raízes na Art Nouveau, convida-nos a um mundo secreto onde o folclore encontra o cotidiano. Nesta cena de 1917, uma idosa apoiada em seu cajado parece estar tendo uma séria sessão de fofoca com um gnomo de chapéu pontudo empoleirado numa pedra à beira da estrada. Ao redor deles, um grupo de curiosos homens-cogumelo com rostos minúsculos espreita pela grama, sugerindo uma sociedade mágica escondida logo abaixo dos nossos pés. As linhas delicadas e ásperas, juntamente com os tons terrosos suavizados, criam uma atmosfera outonal e nevoenta que é ao mesmo tempo assustadora e acolhedora, típica das amadas ilustrações de contos de fadas de Rackham.

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