Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Beautiful Women in Beautiful Dresses by J.W. Waterhouse

- oh and a mermaid
John William Waterhouse: The Crystal Ball [with the skull] - 1902
Waterhouse's works are perhaps the best of the Pre-Raphaelites (although really a Neoclassic). His combination of mythology, poetry and mystique femme fatale is absolutely outstanding and soulfully touching
 Fair
Rosemund
Psyche
opening the Golden Box
 Destiny
Ophelia
Lady of
Shallot
Ophelia
The Lady
Clare
Lamia
St. Cecilia
Finding the
head of  Orpheus
Miranda the Tempest
Circe
Invidiosa 
The
Charmer    
Cupids Garden
 I am
half sick of shadows
Nymps
finding the head of
Orpheus
The Rose
The
Mermaid      
Pandora
Boreas
La Belle
At the Shrine
Circe
offering the cup to Ulysses
Juliet
Miranda in
the South
The Sorceress
The picture
Flora
Gather Ye
Rosebuds
The Danaides
The Magic
Circle
Ariandne
Thisbe
Apollo and
Daphine
Echo and
Narcissus
Penelope and
the Suitors
Sweet Summer
The
Awakening of Adonis
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