#byameli

[enchantedbook]

'Tales from Boccacio' illustrated by Byam Shaw, 1899

[a-little-bit-pre-raphaelite]

details from The Queen of Hearts, 1896, John Byam Liston Shaw

[weirdlookindog]

“Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all”

John Byam Liston Shaw (1872–1919) - The Masque of the Red Death

from 'Selected Tales of Mystery by Edgar Allan Poe', 1909

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[random-brushstrokes]

Byam Shaw - Rising Spring (1911)

[oldpaintings]

Ophelia, ca. 1900 by Byam Shaw (English, 1872--1919)

[leatherandmossprints]

‘Rising Spring’ by Byam Shaw (English, 1872 - 1919)

[the-evil-clergyman]

Endpapers from Joseph Jacob's Tales from Boccaccio by John Byam Shaw (1899)

[cardboard-writer]

Good god.

Better view:

Source: Black Canary (1993) #5 by Sarah Byam with art by Trevor Von Eden.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

John Byam Liston Shaw (British, 1872-1919) Blessed Damozel, detail, 1895 Guildhall Art Gallery, London

[eirene]

Last Summer Things Were Greener, 1901

Byam Shaw

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Byam Shaw - The Masque of the Red Death from “Selected Tales of Mystery” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1909.

[the-home]

Great house part I

Great house part II

Great house part III

[pmamtraveller]

EVE, ADAM, AND THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN /1911/ by BYAM SHAW

Eve takes center stage in the painting, her fair naked skin contrasting against the dark red flowers surrounding her, while Adam, clenching a fist, is easily noticeable in the background. Although the serpent's head is fairly conspicuous, his coiled body in the top left is not as obvious.

Additionally, in this Garden of Eden, vibrant tropical birds are camouflaged within the flowers and enhance the scenery. Eve is the epitome of womanhood, and she stands alluringly in front of Adam, possibly enticing him to partake of the fruit of knowledge of good and evil.

Eve poses sensually conveying allure and temptation. Adam, standing behind her, represents both strength and passivity, suggesting his eventual giving in to temptation. The sneaky serpent, coiled and cunning, represents deception and sin, lurking in the shadows as a warning of inevitable human weakness.

Shaw merged traditional subjects with eroticism, leading to debates on art and sensuality limits. His emphasis on the human body and biblical stories also matched with wider artistic movements that delved into mythology and spirituality in the art of the early 1900s.

[weirdlookindog]

“The thing that was enshrouded advanced boldly and palpably into the middle of the apartment”

John Byam Liston Shaw (1872–1919) - Ligeia

from 'Selected Tales of Mystery by Edgar Allan Poe', 1909

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[random-brushstrokes]

Byam Shaw - The Lady of Shalott (1898)

[creationfromnothingness]

Byam Shaw: The Victory of Christ