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Mnemosyne
Via Theoi.com: MNEMOSYNE was Titan goddess of memory and remembrance and the inventress of language and words. As a Titan daughter of Ouranos (Heaven), Mnemosyne was also a goddess of time. She represented the rote memorisation required, before the introduction of writing, to … Continue reading
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The Wine of Circe by Edward Burne-Jones, Poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Wine of Circe, painted by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote a sonnet inspired by this painting, which you can read a great deal of background on at The Rossetti Archive: DGR wrote the sonnet for the … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Femme Fatale, Magic, Pre-Raphaelite Poems
Tagged Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, goddesses, poetry
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Circe Invidiosa
Waterhouse is an adept at blending feminine beauty and mystery. Here he depicts the goddess Circe amidst shades of greens and blues, creating a world that draws us in and mesmerizes. If you really look at this painting, you can feel … Continue reading
Magic in Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist Art
William Blake’s Hecate, painted in 1795 Magic and witchcraft can be depicted as ugly and dark in art (see Hecate above), but Pre-Raphaelite artists embrace its beauty and mysticism. Well, you can see what I mean in these images that … Continue reading
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Tagged goddesses, Magic, Sandys, symbolism, Waterhouse, witches
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The Tale of Pygmalion Told in a Series of Four Paintings
Pygmalion and Galatea I: The Heart Desires Pygmalion and Galatea II: The Hand Refrains Pygmalion and Galatea III: The Godhead Fires Pygmalion and Galatea IV: The Soul Attains The tale of Pygmalion dates back to Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The paintings featured … Continue reading
Astarte Syriaca
Astarte Syriaca (painting and poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) Mystery: lo! betwixt the sun and moon Astarte of the Syrians: Venus Queen Ere Aphrodite was. In silver sheen Her twofold girdle clasps the infinite boon Of bliss whereof the heaven … Continue reading
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Proserpine
Just as Rossetti did with Elizabeth Siddal, he painted Jane Morris obsessively. It may seem fitting that he posed Jane in the classic myth of Proserpine in this painting, which can be considered one of his most recognizable works. Proserpine … Continue reading
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Tagged Dante Gabriel Rossetti, goddesses, Jane Morris, myth
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