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Fantasy Artwork
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Here is more fantasy artwork; this page includes artwork based on some of my favorite characters from the writings of Shakespeare, as well as many from the King Arthur tales.
Enjoy!
"Ophelia"
John William Waterhouse, 1889
The lovely and tormented Ophelia of Shakespeare's Hamlet...she is the purehearted maiden who goes mad after her beloved father is killed by the Prince (Hamlet) whom she loves. She is later found drowned, and we are left forever to ponder whether it may have been by accident...or was it intentional?
John Everett Millais, 1852
The Lady of Shallot
John Willaim Waterhouse - year unknown
The sad story of the Lady of Shalott is told in the famous poem by
Alfred Lord Tennyson.
The poem's character is a version of "Elaine the fair maid of Astolat", from Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur, although the poet Tennyson claimed he had never seen nor heard of that story at the time he drafted his poem, but rather, drew the idea from an Italian novel (which must also have been some retelling of the Elaine/Lancelot tale).
Whatever Tennyson's basis, it has nonetheless inspired a multitude of lovely paintings and artwork.
If you haven't yet, you should consider reading the full poem. It offers one of those beautiful, tragic stories that is not to be forgotten...
You may find a full version of the poem as well as a good amount of additional information on this page:
http://www.pathguy.com/shalott.htm
(You may also find more
Tennyson Poetry
by clicking this link.)
John William Waterhouse, 1888
The lovely lady sets herself adrift in her boat, and arrives downstream at Camelot to be discovered dead, and prayed over by Lancelot himself, "May God have mercy on her soul..."
Sir Galahad
George Frederic Watts, 1888
Sir Galahad, the son of Lancelot and the Lady Elaine...now what must poor Guinevere have felt to look on this young knight!
Although he does not appear until the second half of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, he does arrive with all the surrounding turmoil and controversy that we could ask for - right from his very birth!
Still, Galahad will go on to be one of the "best" of the oft-tempted knights; and his adventures are many...
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I will continue adding more art as I have time, so please come back soon!
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