Art inspired by circuses
Over time, many artists have been inspried by the idea of a circus. If you are usign circuses as your inspiration, you should look at as many circus performances as possible, including some of the world's best circuses:
Cirque de Soleil [http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/home.aspx#/en/home/multimedias/photos/all.aspx]
Known as the world's most innovative circus, each show has a narrative theme to tie the acts together.
Cicus OZ [http://www.circusoz.com/] A
Australia's leading circus and cicus training school
Great Moscow Circus [http://www.moscowcircus.com.au/]
A traditional Circus in the style of the Great Russian propaganda cicuses
Circus of Horrors [http://www.circusofhorrors.co.uk/carnival_bizarre.html]
A UK circus with a distinctively gothic theme
Cirque de Soleil [http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/home.aspx#/en/home/multimedias/photos/all.aspx]
Known as the world's most innovative circus, each show has a narrative theme to tie the acts together.
Cicus OZ [http://www.circusoz.com/] A
Australia's leading circus and cicus training school
Great Moscow Circus [http://www.moscowcircus.com.au/]
A traditional Circus in the style of the Great Russian propaganda cicuses
Circus of Horrors [http://www.circusofhorrors.co.uk/carnival_bizarre.html]
A UK circus with a distinctively gothic theme
http://www.ronlee.com/beyond_clowns.htm
http://www.dailyicon.net/2008/11/alexander-calder-the-paris-years-1926-1933/
http://sculptorsvictoria.asn.au/sculptors/view_sculpture/the-juggler
http://wartskisculpture.com/?attachment_id=12
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/16/circus-themed-sand-sculpt_n_897809.html
http://whitney.org/Collection/AlexanderCalder/8336195
http://bnsart.weebly.com/calder-wire-circus-sculpture.html
http://brokencircus.com/Broken%20Circus%20Sculpture/
http://www.dailyicon.net/2008/11/alexander-calder-the-paris-years-1926-1933/
http://sculptorsvictoria.asn.au/sculptors/view_sculpture/the-juggler
http://wartskisculpture.com/?attachment_id=12
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/16/circus-themed-sand-sculpt_n_897809.html
http://whitney.org/Collection/AlexanderCalder/8336195
http://bnsart.weebly.com/calder-wire-circus-sculpture.html
http://brokencircus.com/Broken%20Circus%20Sculpture/
http://www.raggedclaws.com/home/2011/10/28/look-here-read-jacque-cocteaus-circus-of-the-bizarre-with-art-by-infantino-and-toth/ Is a comic strip with a macabre circus theme
Footsteps of ghosts [http://footstepsofghosts.forumotion.com/t3411-nightscape-dark-supernatural-circus] This one's the beginning of a role play group but the graphic is interesting from a "freakshow" perspective
Art Macabre [http://charoigne.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/art-macabre-circus-of-skeletons/] gives you an idea of how the theme of gothic circus was used in a gothic themed life drawing class.
Footsteps of ghosts [http://footstepsofghosts.forumotion.com/t3411-nightscape-dark-supernatural-circus] This one's the beginning of a role play group but the graphic is interesting from a "freakshow" perspective
Art Macabre [http://charoigne.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/art-macabre-circus-of-skeletons/] gives you an idea of how the theme of gothic circus was used in a gothic themed life drawing class.