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Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus
Pre-Raphaelite art has its critics. I feel like many of them don’t actually look at the paintings or consider an artist’s individual work. They give it a cursory glance, assume that it’s all sentimentality and languorous women and then promptly … Continue reading
The Muse takes you to unexpected places
Today I contemplate the floating head of Orpheus. Proper blog post forthcoming, but in the meantime I am pondering myth, beauty and violence. Just like real life, the beautiful and the grotesque often coincide.
Mythic March
A few weeks ago, Grace Nuth posted a beautiful and brilliant idea at Domythic Bliss. In her first post introducing the concept of Mythic March, Grace describes the birth of a simple idea between friends. A seed sown during a … Continue reading
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
The Beguiling of Merlin
The Beguiling of Merlin is a special painting to me, as mentioned in this previous post from 2007 where I asked visitors to this site to tell how they became interested in Pre-Raphaelite art. (It’s not too late, by the … Continue reading
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The Baleful Head
The Baleful Head, painted by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Burne Jones depicts Perseus showing Andromeda the head of the slain Medusa. According to mythology, even looking at the dead Medusa would turn you to stone and she could only be … Continue reading
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
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