![]() ![]() At the far right of the composition, a woman in a red dress walks alone with her back to the viewer. The man standing directly behind the professor is a self-portrait of Delvaux as the character Axel from the book. At the left foreground, Professor Lidenbrock from the novel, wearing evening dress and a red bow tie, examines a stone. Clothed figures, the protagonists from the book, intrude on the naked revelers. ![]() They seem at one with the forest, embracing the trees with leaves in their hair. ![]() A full silvery moon illuminates a forest where primal nude figures frolic, recline, climb trees, and play instruments. Here, he depicts his interpretation of a scene from Journey to the Center of the Earth, in which the protagonists stumble upon an untouched, primeval forest. The Awakening of the Forest was inspired by Delvaux's childhood fascination with Jules Verne. ![]()
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