From his conception in an adulterous deception arranged by Merlin, and drawing a sword from an anvil, to his death following wounds inflicted by the dying Mordred.
Waterhouse
The visions of Joan of Arc painted by Jules Bastien-Lepage, the American Gari Melchers, Odilon Redon, John William Waterhouse, and others.
Cursed to be confined to weaving images on her loom and forbidden from looking directly at the outside world, she breaks that to look at Sir Lancelot.
Waiting the knight’s end, watching a sorceress, flying over a wheat field, or in front of a sleigh. Wherever they go they seem sinister.
A tragedy with a happy outcome, painted by Waterhouse, Kauffman, Paulus Bor, Delacroix, Maurice Denis and Lovis Corinth.
Saying it with flowers from the Pre-Raphaelites, scattering opium poppies, drowning with forget-me-nots, and choosing between camellias and violets.
Odysseus and Circe, the prodigal son, Gadarene swine, Sant Anthony, and in portraits: everything to see about pigs and their swineherds.
Sir Tristram and La Beale Isode, or Tristan and Isolde, fall in love and exchange rings. His uncle, King of Cornwall, sends Tristram to bring Isolde back to be his queen.
Once popular in wall paintings and miniatures across Europe, these legends were revived in the nineteenth century and adopted by the Pre-Raphaelites.
Summary of each episode in this 26-part series covering the Epic Cycle of Troy, from Zeus deciding to reduce the weight of people on the earth, to the death of Odysseus.
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