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Florence & Pre-Raphaelite Art
Paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John William Waterhouse, Thomas Francis Dicksee and John Bedford
Part 1

John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917)
Gathering Summer Flowers in a Devonshire Garden









art movement moodboards: Pre-Raphaelite (requested by anonymous)
the members of the pre-raphaelite brotherhood believed the classical poses and elegant compositions of raphael in particular had been a corrupting influence on the academic teaching of art, hence the name “pre-raphaelite.” the brotherhood sought a return to the abundant detail, intense colours, and complex compositions of quattrocento italian art

‘the love potion’ (c. 1903, detail) by evelyn de morgan (1855-1919) + ‘as good a reason’ by paris paloma (2023)


nymphs finding the head of orpheus (detail) by john william waterhouse (1900) | petr svojtka as prince in ❝ malá mořská víla / the little mermaid ❞ (1976) dir. karel kachyňa


sᴀᴅɪᴇ ꜰʀᴏsᴛ ᴀs ʟᴜᴄʏ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇɴʀᴀ ɪɴ ʙʀᴀᴍ sᴛᴏᴋᴇʀ’s ᴅʀᴀᴄᴜʟᴀ (1992) ᴅɪʀ. ꜰʀᴀɴᴄɪs ꜰᴏʀᴅ ᴄᴏᴘᴘᴏʟᴀ | ᴍɪʀᴀɴᴅᴀ (1868) ʙʏ ꜰʀᴇᴅᴇʀɪᴄᴋ sᴀɴᴅʏs (1829-1904)

Sir Edward Burne-Jones, School For Dragon Babies, 1884, pencil on paper

Moonlit Pool
Philip Leslie Hale

Dancing Girls Sir Edward Burne-Jones circa 1896 Private collection Drawing - chalk Height: 23.5 cm (9.25 in.), Width: 32.5 cm (12.8 in.)

Daughters of the Mist
Evelyn de Morgan, c. 1905-1910