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The first piece of work is by Jean-Honore Frangonard, a french artist from the 1800′s who favored a Rococo art style. His work often depicts luxury of life and demonstrates his impression of hedonism. This suggestive piece of work by him is titled The Swing and although at the time, it could have been slightly inappropriate, today it is merely expression - and was sensible enough for a family company such as Walt Disney Studios to stem their concept art for the 2009 animation Tangled from Frangard’s unconventional-ism.

Below The Swing by Frangard is a painting from Lisa Keane, the partner of Glen Keane, both legendary figures in the Disney production world. The concept art went to contribute to the final depiction of Rapunzel in the clip taken from Rapunzel’s exit of her tower shown in the last image.

Similarities:

The angle of the swing is near identical in all three pieces of work

All versions include a rumpled and lined flowing skirt of similar length and in a romantic style fashion

Though the first features a strawberry blonde, all depictions are blonde, expression of joy on their rosy cheeks

Differences:

Where there is a tree in the first two concepts, the clip from Tangled features the brick of her tower in a similar rough and natural texture as well as earthy tones.

Pink dresses in the first two concepts turn to purple in the film

There is not as much nature, however, this isn’t the only depiction/reference to their concept art in the entirety of the film Tangled

In a separate clip of the film shown above, Rapunzel swings from a tree with a different method but swing nonetheless. Here, we can see the abundance in nature that is a direct conveying of the concept art by Lisa Keane and the original inspiration by Jean-Honore Frangonard.

Disney modernised both concepts and added the characters personality to make it historically relevant in regards to the narrative of the art that inspired it (the relation to Frangonard’s work hasn’t been lost visually) as well as making it accurate to the characters attitude, time period, environment and the genre/audience of the movie.

Note: though there are many differences in the concept art, I have mentioned the most essential that I feel change the perception or depiction of the character instead of simple artistic choice or favorability.

e.g. The gargoyle in Frangonards painting is absent in Lisa Keane’s concept art. I believe the gargoyle to be ineffective in the storytelling they were focusing on during the creation of Tangled, as well as it being unnecessary it would eventually be random in the middle of a forest where Rapunzel lived and would subsequently change the entire design of the forest/atmosphere of the film.