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Thanks for this uplifting thread! I've always love the Pre-Raphaelites; the paintings are always infused with such light. Here's one of my favorite painters- not to be confused with Monet
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"Thanks for this!" says: | bluedahlia (07-14-2009), girija (07-18-2009) |
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The Crystal Ball - John William Waterhouse
![]() Art detective work has uncovered the hidden secret of a £350,000 painting after it was "doctored" in the early 1950s. "The Crystal Ball" by John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917) shows a young model in a red dress gazing into the ball, apparently weaving a spell with the aid of a book and a skull. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | 12stargate (08-07-2013) |
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John W. Waterhouse. Ophelia, 1910 ![]() This is the last of three paintings on Ophelia; it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1910. John Christian remarks that the painting is stylistically interesting in that "the picture shows how Waterhouse combined Pre-Raphaelite subject matter with a bold impressionistic technique. Most English artists who adopted this method, notably the so-called Newlyn School, rejected the literary themes of the Pre-Raphaelites to paint scenes from modern life. Waterhouse, who knew many of the Newlyn artists, was unusual in attempting to bridge the gulf between the Pre-Raphaelite and realist traditions that divided British art from the 1880's on" (191). Striking too is how Waterhouse departs from the tradition elaborated over the decades; the girlish Ophelia dressed in a simple gown of virginal white is replaced with a voluptuous, mature young woman in a tailored blue and crimson gown with elegant gold embroidery. Two children in contemporary clothing look undiscerningly from the bridge, unaware that Ophelia presses on towards her fate. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | girija (07-18-2009) |
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