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Tag Archives: myth
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
Posted in Burne-Jones, mary zambaco
Tagged Arthurian, Burne-Jones, mary zambaco, myth
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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
Pandora
Image shown: study for Pandora, painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1869). Model: Jane Morris. Rossetti cast Jane in several famous roles such as Proserpine, Astarte Syriaca, and featured here: Pandora. Instead of exploring Rossetti’s motives in immortalizing Jane in such … Continue reading
Helen of Troy
Helen, whose beautiful face was said to have launched a thousand ships. She was the wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta. Of course, the fact that she was married didn’t bother Paris at all; he was a married man … Continue reading
Posted in Annie Miller, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Paintings
Tagged Annie Miller, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, myth, Sandys
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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
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Jane Burden Morris, Paintings
Tagged Dante Gabriel Rossetti, goddesses, Jane Morris, myth
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