The Lady of Shalott - 1888
segunda-feira, janeiro 16, 2006
John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)
In Tennyson's poem the Lady of Shalott lives under an undisclosed curse, imprisoned in a tower near King Arthur's Camelot. She is allowed to see the outside world only as a reflection in a mirror. One day she glimpses the handsome knight Lancelot and cannot resist looking at him directly. Her punishment is to drift in a boat to Camelot 'singing her last song', and dying before reaching her destination. Here she lets go of the boat's chain, while staring at a crucifix. Waterhouse reputedly owned a copy of Tennyson's collected works, covering every blank page with pencil sketches for paintings.
posted by .j. @ 3:29 da tarde,
2 Comments:
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At 1:23 da manhã,
O Estranho said...
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Belo conto de fadas...
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At 9:41 da manhã,
said...
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Fadas?! N?o me parece um conto de fadas (nem este, nem o outro, da religi?o). O que se destaca, em ambos os quadros, é a presença feminina. (E isso daria uma bela discuss?o com cházinho ? mistura) ;)
.j.
