Sleeping Beauty is a testament to the artist’s skill as a printmaker and the importance of folk literature as an authentic source of Truth for Romantic artists. With details so profuse as to be dizzying, Neureuther offers a visual synopsis of the text, printed so small at the bottom of the image that it is almost illegible. The climax of the story—Sleeping Beauty being kissed by the prince—is placed at the center with the other characters and the instrument of her demise arranged around her in a circular pattern. The heavy foliage described by the authors as covering the castle weaves all the elements together like a tapestry.

from Calendar of Events, Fall 2019