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Naumburg Master, Uta from Ballenstedt, 1250-1260, polychrome sandstone, Germany, Naumburg cathedral.
#art#art history#medieval art#medieval#sculpture#gothic#medieval sculpture#gothic art#church#germany#naumburg#uta from ballenstedt#late 1200s#xiii century#middle ages#snow white#queen grimilde#disney inspiration
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Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), Andromeda, 1913, watercolour and bodycolour, private collection.
#victorian age#victorian era#art#art history#painting#early 1900s#xx century#mithology#greek mythology#andromeda#dragon#sea monster#arthur rackham#1900's art#1900s
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George de Larabrie and Pierre Theunis, Evrard Chapel, 1920, Bruxelles, Laeken Cemetery
#art#art history#architecture#cemetery#tomb#mausoleum#neoclassical#romantic#summer solstice#heart#love story#xx century#early 1900s#gothic#love and death#eternal love#france#belgium#evrard chapel#laeken cemetery
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Herbal manuscript, Male Mandrake, about 1440, Milan, Italy. London, The British Library, Ms Sloane 4016
#art#art history#medieval art#manuscript#italy#london#male mandrake#illumination#painting#xv century#1400s#1400's art#middle ages#late middle ages#science#nature
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Beautiful perspective from S. Galgano Abbey, Chiusdino (Siena), Italy, 1218-1288
#art#art history#medieval art#medieval architecture#church#architecture#middle ages#gothic#gothic architecture#italian architecture#tuscany#ruins#xiii century#1200's art
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Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), Perseus and Andromeda, 1891, oil on canvas, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery.
#victorian age#victorian era#art#art history#painting#greek mythology#mythology#frederic leighton#perseus and andromeda#late 1800s#1800s art#1800s#xix century#fantasy#dragon#sea monster
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Frederic William Burton (1816-1900), Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs, 1864, watercolour paint and gouache paint on paper, Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland.
#victorian age#victorian era#art#art history#painting#medievalism#romanticism#medieval ballad#hellelil and hildebrand#frederic william burton#the meeting on the turret stairs#love story#1800s art#late 1800s#1800s#xix century#knights
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John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), Lamia and the Soldier, 1905, oil on canvas, private collection.
#pre raphaelite#pre raphaelism#art#art history#painting#medievalism#mythology#greek mythology#john william waterhouse#lamia and the soldier#1900s#early 1900s#1900's art#xx century#knights
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Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853-1928), Chivalry, 1885, oil on canvas, Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
#romanticism#medievalism#art#art history#painting#chivalry#frank bernard dicksee#pre raphaelite#pre raphaelism#1800s art#late 1800s#1800s#xix century#knights
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Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1914), Midsummer Eve, 1908, watercolour with gouache, private collection.
#pre raphaelism#pre raphaelite#art#art history#painting#summer#midsummer eve#early 1900s#1900s#1900s art#xx century#edward robert hughes#fairies#nature#fantasy#medievalism
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Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (1829-1904), Love's Shadow, 1867, oil on canvas, private collection.
#pre raphaelite#pre raphaelism#art#art history#painting#medievalism#red hair girl#anger#victorian age#victorian era#1800s art#1800s#late 1800s#xix century#frederick sandys
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Herbert James Draper (1863-1920), The Gates of Dawn, 1900, oil on canvas, London, Draper's Hall.
#victorian era#victorian age#art history#art#painting#allegory#dawn#the gates of dawn#herbert james draper#1900s#early 1900s#xx century
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George Roux (1853-1929), Spirit, 1885, oil on canvas, private collection.
#realism#art history#art#painting#spirit#george roux#science fiction#ghost#phantom#french art#xix century#late 1800s#1800s art#gothic#dark art
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Paul de la Boulaye (1849-1926), Saint Joan of Arc, 1909, oil on canvas, private collection.
#medievalism#art#art history#joan of arc#xx century#painting#paul de la boulaye#early 1900s#1900s#french art
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