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The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded in 1848 by seven young artists who banded together against what they felt was an artificial and mannered approach to painting taught at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Inspired by the theories of John Ruskin, who urged artists to ‘go to nature’, they believed in an art of serious subjects treated with maximum realism. Their principal themes were initially religious, but their later works largely focus on medieval subjects from literature and poetry privileging atmosphere and mood over narrative. Althought disolved in the 1850s, the movement gain a lot of attention and many followers continued to paint in their style. - Mysterious Art Century Instagram - Facebook - Twitter - Pinterest - Shop

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John Everett Millais (1829-1896), The Bridesmaid, 1851, oil on panel, 27.9 x 20.3 cm. The Fitzwilliam Museum - Painted in 1851, ‘The Bridesmaid’ illustrates one of many Victorian marriage traditions. Victorians believed a bridesmaid would see a vision of her true love if she passed a piece of wedding cake through a ring nine times, a ritual depicted in Millais’ painting. This is not the only symbolism found in the painting. An orange blossom on the woman’s chest represents chastity. Read more

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The Soul of the Rose by John William Waterhouse NFT

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John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) was an English painter of the Victorian era known for his Pre-Raphaelites and mythological subjects. - John William Waterhouse Instagram - Facebook - Website

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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), woodcut illustration for ‘Barbe Bleue’ (Bluebeard) from 'Les Contes de Perrault’ (Paris, Jules Hetzel, 1862). - The tale tells the story of a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her predecessors. - BLUEBEARD T-SHIRT

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Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877-1958), Vanity, 1907, oil on panel, 57.1 x 38.1 cm. Royal Academy of Arts - The subject matter and composition of 'Vanity' are derived from Italian Renaissance painting. Cowper has bedecked his youthful beauty with jewels and given her a hand-mirror to signify vanity. She stands before a vine, heavy with ripe grapes, suggestive of abundance and pleasure. Read more

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Elaine of Astolat

Elaine dies of heartbreak. In accordance with her instructions, her body is placed in a small boat, clutching a lily in one hand, and her final letter in the other. She then floats down the river to Camelot, where she is discovered by King Arthur's court, who call her 'a little lily maiden'. - Mysterious Art Century Instagram - Facebook - Twitter - Pinterest

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THE LADY OF SHALOTT

‘The Lady of Shalott’ is a lyrical ballad by the English poet Alfred Tennyson. The poem is loosely based on the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat, as recounted in a 13th-century Italian novellina titled La Damigella di Scalot, or Donna di Scalotta.

According to Tennyson’s version of the legend, the Lady of Shalott was forbidden to look directly at reality or the outside world; instead she was doomed to view the world through a mirror, and weave what she saw into tapestry. Her despair was heightened when she saw loving couples entwined in the far distance and she spent her days and nights aching for a return to normal. One day the Lady’s mirror revealed Sir Lancelot passing by on his horse. When she impetuously took three paces across the room and looked at him, the mirror cracked and she realised that the curse had befallen her. The lady escaped by boat during an autumn storm, inscribing ‘The Lady of Shalott’ on the prow. As she sailed towards Camelot and certain death, she sang a lament. Her frozen body was found shortly afterwards by the knights and ladies of Camelot, one of whom is Lancelot, who prayed to God to have mercy on her soul. - LADY OF SHALOTT FREE EBOOK

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Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), "So like a shatter'd Column lay the King", 1875, albumen silver print, The J. Paul Getty Museum

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Illustration by Louis Rhead (1857-1926) for The History of Over Sea by William Morris, 1894.

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John Collier (1850-1934), The Sleeping Beauty, 1921, oil on canvas, 111.7 x 142.2 cm. In a private collection

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William Morris Wallpapers

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), Entre la richesse et l’amour, 1869, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 89 cm. In a private collection

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Reverie, 1868, coloured chalk, 86 x 72 cm. Ashmolean Museum

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Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865), was a noted British amateur portrait photographer of the Victorian Era. She produced over 800 photographs mostly of her adolescent daughters. Read more

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Paintings by William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941). - Mysterious Art Century Instagram - Facebook - Twitter - Pinterest