Talk:Don Weizen de Yoyo

Can anyone suggest what drawings or paintings the images of the Summmer Lady and Wintersmith might relate to (Wintersmith)? I have looked quite a lot, but without a scientific basis. --Emen 15:37, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't think anyone actually has a copy of Ancient and Classical Mythology, so probably not. --Old Dickens 22:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

The blurb says that this is by Claude Lorrain. "Oil painting on copper, 28 x 35 cm (1662)", called "The Dance of the Seasons". It depicts all four Seasons dancing for the god Apollo (the Sun/Summer) whilst the God Chronos/Saturn (Old Father Time/Winter) strums the harp and sets the tempo of the year. This may or may not have been on Terry's mind when he adapted the idea for Wintersmith, but the name and the subject matter is striking food for thought.

Lorrain himself said "This it is in any case, being a classically balanced, deeply poetic work, in which all tension has been resolved in the expression of the harmonious rhythm of nature. ... Above Chronos the flow of time is marked by the ruins, the cascade, and the cavern, while a distant view opens up beyond the dancers, assigning an infinite dimension to the change of the seasons."