le-plus-beau-des-mensonges: Henry Fuseli · Titania’s Awakening (1785-1790 · Kuns
le-plus-beau-des-mensonges: Henry Fuseli · Titania’s Awakening (1785-1790 · Kunstmuseum Winterthur) · Titania and Bottom (c. 1790 · Tate) Fuseli was introduced to Shakespeare’s plays during his student days in Zürich with the Swiss scholar Jacob Bodmer. A Midsummer Night’s Dream held a special appeal for him, in that it explores the realms of the supernatural. In the picture Fuseli illustrates a moment from Act IV scene 1, in which Oberon, in order to punish her for her pride, casts a spell on Queen Titania, as a result of which she falls in love with Bottom, whose head has been transformed into that of an ass. (+) -- source link