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Arthur Rackham's illustration to The Ride of the Valkyries. The Ride of the Valkyries (German: Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren) is the popular name of the prelude to the first scene of the third and last act of Die Walküre, the second of the four epic music dramas that constitute the operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung), composed by Richard Wagner
Ride of the Valkyries is located in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. [8] A Very Gallant Gentleman (1913), depicting Lawrence Oates. His painting of Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates as he walked to his death, A Very Gallant Gentleman, hangs in the Cavalry Club in London.
In poetry, valkyries appear in "Die Walküren " by H. Heine (appearing in Romanzero, 1847), "Die Walküren " (1864) by H. v. Linge, and "Sköldmon " (appearing in Gömda Land, 1904). [74] In music, they appear in Die Walküre by Richard Wagner (1870), from which the "Ride of the Valkyries" is the best-known theme.
'The Ride of Asgard') is an 1872 painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. It depicts the Wild Hunt from Scandinavian folklore and is based on a poem by Johan Sebastian Welhaven. The painting is in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.
In traditional Norse folklore, the Valkyries are handmaids of Odin who ride magnificent white steeds through the air, flying into combat to choose the warriors who are to be slain and taken to Valhalla. In Szyk’s image the female spirits hurtle through the darkened sky alongside German fighter planes, carrying javelins, machine guns, and bombs.
Ride of the Valkyries" is the popular term for the music of the beginning of act 3 of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. Ride of the Valkyrie(s) may also refer to: Ride of the Valkyrie; The Ride of the Valkyrs, a 1909 painting by John Charles Dollman "Hard Drive Courage / The Ride of the Valkyries", an episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog
Prelude to Act 3 - Walkürenritt (The Ride of the Valkyries) Scene 1. The Valkyries congregate on the mountain-top, each carrying a dead hero and chattering excitedly. Brünnhilde arrives with Sieglinde, and begs her sisters for help, but they dare not defy Wotan. Sieglinde tells Brünnhilde that without Siegmund she no longer wishes to live.
Henry de Groux (15 September 1866 – 12 January 1930) [1] was a Belgian Symbolist painter, sculptor and lithographer.His 1889 painting Christ attacked by a mob made when he was only 22 years old established his reputation as an innovative Symbolist painter and ensured his admission to the progressive artistic circles in Brussels. [2]