Pre raphaelite brotherhood

This article discusses the inspiration behind the many pre-Raphaelite paintings of Arthurian lore.

On 14 December 2017 John Roddam Spencer Stanhope’s Penelope will form part of the Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art sale. The painting depicts in exquisite detail the story of Penelope from Homer’s famous epic poem the Odyssey. For millennia Penelope’s tale has represented"u2026

A glance at three masterpieces by English painter John William Waterhouse where he depicted Circe, the dread goddess of Homer's Odyssey.

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The great artist William Holman Hunt ever paints a famous painting Jesus is standing and knocking in the front of the hunt’s door. Hunt called his fellow artists and asked them to watch closely and criticizing the painting in purpose to find the mistake or something secret in it

Drawing is on paper, on another layer of paper mounted on canvas, wrapped around a strainer.

I found a new toy tonight as I was finding Pre-Raphaelite inspiration to share. Polyvore - a site where you can make little style statements to publish. I just stumbled on it and immediately got sucked in. But here is what I really wanted to show you:

““The Martyr of Solway” by John Everett Millais c1871. It shows 18 y.o. Margaret Wilson who was executed by drowning for refusing to swear an oath declaring James VII as head of the church. Her faith made her a celebrated figure of the Scottish Presbyterian movement. Via @NML_Muse”