Visual+Arts+-+Classical+Art+-+Little+Red+Riding+Hood



==This painting is a more detailed interpretation of one of the designs by the great French illustrator Gustave Dor é ( January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883). He painted this painting for the fairytales of Charles Perrault (1628-1703), which the painting was printed in Paris in 1862. Dor é has illustrated Perrault's original Little Red Riding Hood, which was made in 1697, rather than the moment the triumphant wolf bites off little red riding hood's head. Terror and fear was often a key component of fairytales; it also had a moralizing element of subtext. Most romantic artists were drawn to these dark aspects of fairy tales which were made for children. This painting was a gift to the NGV from Mrs S. Horne in 1962.==



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**__What do I think of this painting?__**
===I like this painting because it is sort of funny how the wolf fools little red riding hood just by putting her grandmothers glasses and a nightcap on. I like how the artist has captured the fear and confusion perfectly on Red's face... how she leans away from the wolf but is not sure if it is her grandmother or not. She looks like she wants to go to the wolf but she also wants to get away from it. It's a cute painting but it also shows a lot of emotion.===

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