I love the Pre-Raphaelite school and their fixation on Arthurian Legend. This particular painting is a depiction of the Tennyson poem by the same title, just moments before her death (as evidenced by the unlit candles).
I love the Pre-Raphaelite school and their fixation on Arthurian Legend. This particular painting is a depiction of the Tennyson poem by the same title, just moments before her death (as evidenced by the unlit candles).
Fickle Old Lover Knocked off the Rooftop, Jami's Haft Awrang, Iran, Safavid Dynasty, 1556-65
Fickle Old Lover Knocked off the Rooftop, Jami's Haft Awrang, Iran, Safavid Dynasty, 1556-65
Anselm Kiefer, "Athanor," 2007, The Louvre, Paris
Anselm Kiefer, "Athanor," 2007, The Louvre, Paris
The depiction of Archangel Gabriel from this painting made it onto a 6¢ postage stamp in 1968 for Christmas
The depiction of Archangel Gabriel from this painting made it onto a 6¢ postage stamp in 1968 for Christmas