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Pre-Raphaelite Subjects and ThemesPosted onSeptember 25, 2014January 2, 2015

Exploring the Beauty of Melancholy

“Our sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest thought” –Percy Bysshe Shelley At what point in human history did we decide that in music,…

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MillaisPosted onAugust 13, 2014January 5, 2015

Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: The Tempest

In The Tempest, Shakespeare tells us the story of Prospero, duke of Milan.  Prospero was dethroned by his brother Antonio and abandoned at sea with…

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KeatsPosted onJuly 14, 2014January 5, 2015

Waterhouse and Transformations

After my post about Clytie changing into the sunflower, I’ve been pondering transformations. Lamia is perhaps my favorite example of a dramatic transformation.  Based on…

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George Henry Grenville MantonPosted onJune 16, 2014January 5, 2015

Love, Death and Potted Plants

William Holman Hunt’s Isabella and the Pot of Basil is currently in the news with the recent announcement that the Delaware Art museum will be…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onJanuary 8, 2014January 5, 2015

Tennyson’s ‘Lady Clare’

“He does not love me for my birth, Nor for my lands so broad and fair; He loves me for my own true worth, And…

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Evelyn De MorganPosted onNovember 4, 2013January 5, 2015

Ariadne

Ariadne was a daughter of Minos, king of Crete.  She defied her father by helping his prisoner, Theseus, who had been imprisoned in the Minotaur’s…

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MagicPosted onOctober 30, 2013January 5, 2015

‘The Magic Circle’ and ‘The Crystal Ball’

In The Magic Circle, a lone sorceress casts her spell while surrounded by ravens in a desolate landscape. No lush greenery here, Waterhouse has placed…

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MillaisPosted onOctober 18, 2013January 5, 2015

To live forgotten, and die forlorn

And on the liquid mirror glow’d The clear perfection of her face, ‘Is this the form,’ she made her moan, ‘That won his praises night…

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WaterhousePosted onAugust 21, 2013January 5, 2015

Art Inspired Flash Fiction: Vanity

She was engaged once, although she has pushed it out of her mind. He loved her and was endowed with a large enough fortune to…

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Femme FatalePosted onAugust 5, 2013January 5, 2015

Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus

There are many artistic representations of Circe.  Previous posts on this blog include Circe Invidiosa and The Wine of Circe.  Kirsty Stonell Walker explores Circe…

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WaterhousePosted onJune 6, 2013April 22, 2019

The Winds of Waterhouse

Zephyrus The Awakener Come, thou awakener of the spirit’s ocean, Zephyr, whom to thy cloud or cave No thought can trace! speed with thy gentle…

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Burne-JonesPosted onMarch 26, 2013January 4, 2015

Goddess of Soul and Memory

I love how names from ancient mythology still permeate our language. They do not shrivel and fall away. They persist. Today we use the word…

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mythPosted onMarch 12, 2013January 4, 2015

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…

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KeatsPosted onMarch 20, 2012January 4, 2015

Lamia

I just discovered that in January there was an adaptation of Keats’ Lamia on BBC Radio 4.  I’m sorry that I missed that.  Lamia is…

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BooksPosted onMarch 2, 2012January 4, 2015

More on Waterhouse’s Undine and Mermaids

Apparently I can not resist their lure and mermaids have become my theme of the week. Previously I shared that I had read Undine, which…

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Burne-JonesPosted onMarch 1, 2012January 4, 2015

Mermaids

Last week, I posted about reading the classic fairy tale Undine, in which a water spirit marries a human in order to gain a soul.…

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BooksPosted onFebruary 24, 2012January 4, 2015

Undine

I’ve recently read Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. Written in the early 1800s, it is a classic fairy tale in which Undine, an…

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Evelyn De MorganPosted onJanuary 24, 2011January 3, 2015

Medea

Medea by Frederick Sandys Sandys portrays Medea as a powerful beauty and I especially love the abalone shell included among the other details of the…

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Femme FatalePosted onMay 21, 2010September 8, 2016

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…

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Site RelatedPosted onNovember 27, 2008March 23, 2009

JW Waterhouse Royal Academy Exhibit

Link: The Royal Academy has announced a 2009 exhibit of 40 Waterhouse paintings. Sketches and drawings will be shown as well. June 27 – Sept.…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onJune 20, 2008September 8, 2016

Ophelia and the Pre-Raphaelites

Ophelia is a captivating character, one that inspired many of the Pre-Raphaelites and other Victorian artists. For those unfamiliar with Ophelia, she is Hamlet’s innocent …

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WaterhousePosted onApril 10, 2008March 23, 2009

Destiny

Destiny, painted by John William Waterhouse In my previous post (Magic in Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist Art) a visitor (Hi, Sally!) asked about the model used…

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MagicPosted onApril 6, 2008January 3, 2015

Magic in Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist Art

Magic and witchcraft can be depicted as ugly and dark in art as in William Blake’s Hecate, but Pre-Raphaelite artists embrace its beauty and mysticism.…

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VideoPosted onJanuary 11, 2008March 23, 2009

Waterhouse: The Mysterious Models

In an earlier post, I shared with you the recently redesigned johnwilliamwaterhouse.com. The works of John William Waterhouse are instantly recognizable for their beautiful, ethereal…

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VideoPosted onDecember 12, 2007March 23, 2009

J.W.Waterhouse “The Magic Circle” + Stars of the Stage

Stunning new video making connections between the art of John WIlliam Waterhouse and the stage stars of his era. I love the feminine beauty of…

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