#medieval legend

[la-belle-histoire]

Guinevere and Iseult: Cartoon for Stained Glass, William Morris. 1862.

[briefbestiary]

A beast with a burning dung-based defense system. Its bowel release system is its notable form of self-protection.

[preraphaelitepaintings]

Sir Tristram and La Belle Yseult Drinking the Love Potion

Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882)

Date: 1867

Medium: Watercolor

Collection: Trustees of the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford

Description

"Sir Tristram and La Belle Yseult Drinking the Love Potion" refers to a scene from the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde, where the knight Sir Tristram and the Irish princess Isolde (La Belle Yseult) accidentally drink a magical love potion while on a ship journey, causing them to fall deeply and uncontrollably in love, despite the fact that Isolde is destined to marry Tristram's uncle, King Mark of Cornwall, leading to a tragic and forbidden love affair

[nevi-nevidilu]

Melusine is my favorite medieval legend

[theartofmadeline]

what if i told you that 90% of damsel/knight interactions in medieval arthuriana go exactly like this

[cherriielle]

is this really all there is? 🌿⚔

[child-of-plut0]

caitvi medieval yearning...

[miraenart]

The Dragon Cub's Rest.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Castles - art by Alan Lee (1984)

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: The Knight of the Holy Grail Artist: Frederick Judd Waugh (American, 1861-1940) Date: ca. 1912 Genre: literary painting (illustration of The Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson) Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 240.6 cm (94. 7 in) high x 319.4 cm (125.7 in) wide Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

[fallbabylon]

Devils and the Mouth of Hell details from South Leigh doom painting 15th C- South Leigh, UK

[briefbestiary]

Birds that practice an odd form of filtering their offspring. While it is unclear what exactly constitutes a "good" or a "bad" egg, the orphan bird sorts between the two through whether or not they float in their seawater home.

[silver-peel]

Celebrating new year and ending of the quest:)🕯️🎄🪓

product of my recent green knight reread on holidays, save me erotic hunting scene...... Happy new year, hope everyone have a nice starting of the year!

for hardcore fans yes lady bertilak dress lowkey reference form manuscript (feat. burrito gawain)

[sleepless-yura]

I think I went a bit too far with this one, but I just caught the inspiration and decided to go with it

So medieval fem AU?

Let’s say Jaycie is a promising young, but very much rebellious princess, who instead of thinking how to marry a wealthy man, falls in love with young quiet court alchemist Viktoria 🤔

Shoutout to the dress designer @friedalepold (on insta). Dress is gorgeous! I honestly want to paint it more, so maybe will do another art with just Viki

[theartofmadeline]

birth of venus.... but make venus a knight (amirite??)

(part of my knightly pin-up calendar coming soon... peep the interest check here!)

[feverishmaiden]