Ladies: Retold Tales of Goddesses and Heroines

by Boris Vallejo, Doris Vallejo

In Ladies' ten signature paintings and numerous drawings, Boris Vallejo depicts the magic time when goddesses roamed the earth; they are the perfect accompaniment to Doris Vallejo's poetic and chilling retelling of ten classic tales. This is myth transfigured by a modern sensibility: retelling mythic tales from the points of view of the goddesses, heroines, sorceresses, princesses, wives, and daughters. Readers see Persephone, condemned by a god's adoration to live six months of each year in the kingdom of death; the Gorgon, a great beauty transformed into monstrosity by her own longing to be loved; Apollo's mortal bride, Coronis, left behind each time her godly husband returned to the heavens; and Pandora, who discovered knowledge no mortal was meant to have and paid the price.

Genres: Art, Fantasy

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Boris Vallejo is a Peruvian-born American painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Vallejo works almost exclusively in the fantasy and erotica genres. His paintings have graced the covers of dozens of science fiction paperbacks and are featured in a series of best-selling glossy calendars. Subjects of his paintings are typically Sword and sorcery gods, monsters, and well-muscled male and female barbarians engaged in battle. His latest works still retain heavy fantasy elements, but lean more towards the erotic rather than pure fantasy themes.

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

So to the final book in the latest Paper Tiger haul and this time its returning back to Boris Vallejos work. The premise of the books is that you have the re-interpretation of 10 woman of Greek mythology - goddesses and mortals alike.

The book consists of a re-telling of the their story along with a number of pencil drawings to illustrate the narrative. There are also full colour paintings beginning and end with represent Vallejo's take on the story.

Some of instantly recognisable while others are a little more obscure, the text is often set in a first person perspective so dont expect a modern classic - rather a personal view on what "might" have happened.

In short more text than images but a fun read and I think re-imaging Greek mythos always has room for another perspective.

[Little Timmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite artist no matter what he illustrates. Great retelling of myths and the paintings are just incredible. Very recommended

[Rudy Gutierrez · Rating 3 out of 5]

The stories though a troll through memory lane of mythology are slow and never make it to the erotic. They lack adventure, challenges, sensuality and interest. I was hoping for more of Boris's pictures but sadly they only have one of his pictures per story. well some of the stories has a few back and whites but none of these pictures are worth reading this whole book. Its a slow read even if you are a die hart for mythology.

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful art!