dolling up Norse Myth.
While at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures in Tucson, I ran across some curious Barbie Doll scale mythology-based creations by maker George S. Stuart : Taking more inspiration from Wagner's Ring Cycle , there's something uncanny & overexpressed about how the figures are depicted, which is performatively operatic , and this interpretation has alot to say about the endurance of Germanic Romanticism & Victorian ideas , and their specific reception with this artist. One could say the level of immodest reveal here (and hey, they're The Gods, no shame in their game) has more on-loan from Classical statuary , also hearkens to the cloth-clad illustrations of Lorenz Frølich. Sure, you can't help but look at the Freyr's legs, but also note his vest designs! This might be the very moment his gives his sword away for the love of Gerðr . And Odin brings new meaning to the term "skyclad". Oddly NorsePlay has featured this cosmic garb on the All-Fath