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JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE - THE LADY OF SHALOTT, 1888

Waterhouse's The Lady of Shalott draws inspiration from the poem of the same title by poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. Tennyson resided in Victorian Britain from 1809 until he passed away in 1892. This poem, composed in 1833, draws inspiration from Arthurian legend, highlighting the suffering of Elaine of Astolat, a woman trapped in a tower by a curse. She is limited to observing the outside world through a mirror and creates tapestries from the images she perceives.

One day, she sees the knight Lancelot pass by and, struck by love, gazes out the window at him. The mirror shatters, and the curse takes hold. She departs from her tower, aware that her fate is to perish, and makes her way down the river to Camelot. Waterhouse portrays the moment when the Lady of Shalott drifts down the river just before her demise.

Waterhouse achieves balance between the woman and the horizons on both sides of the artwork, ensuring that the boat remains prominently visible. An autumnal colour scheme suggests that the woman is in the later stages of her life, as even the nature surrounding her fades. Waterhouse frequently utilized models to depict realistic women in his artwork; The Lady of Shalott is no different.

In the early 20th century, the style of Waterhouse and other similar artists, which some labeled as "overly sentimental" or "excessively dramatic," faced significant criticism as modern art emerged and opposed the realism of the Victorian era. In his book Olympian Dreamers, the modern critic and dealer Christopher Wood writes, "John William Waterhouse only had 'one song to sing,' yet he 'sang it very beautifully.'"

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disney channel original movie retelling of sgatgk called “The Teen Knight” where gawain wears sunglasses and a baseball cap on top of his plate armor

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t4t remarkable real and true

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Working on my silly little comic again!

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Cat with a Ball of Wool, 1922 by Richard Müller (German, 1874–1954)

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I couldn't have said it better myself.

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Having a cider but pls enjoy these lovely photos of the replica of Llywelyn Fawr's Llys that's in Saint Fagans.

Llysoedd are courts basically but they're more of an admin hub than a royal court as it were but they were decorated very prettily! Kings did stay in them when they circuited though! They were constructed mainly out of wood but this one was built out of stone. Also, the white walls and red decorations are of the time. Note the house of Aberffraw cloth of state over the throne. The lions look more like cats.

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another gawain and the green knight dragon piece

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The Queen of Camelot, Guinevere.

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remarkable as the demolition lovers mcr. thank you for listening.

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poker is a hateful game that punishes people who wear their beautiful sensitive heart on their sleeve

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Me, deranged: ‘in the 13th century prose romance Perlesvaus, we are faced with an ever shifting landscape. We are told that god rearranges the landscape so that knights, and by extension readers, do not grow bored. In Suzanne Collins 2008 dystopian series The Hunger Games (…)’

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