August282012

’(…)She looked down to Camelot. 
Out flew the web and floated wide; 
The mirror cracked from side to side; 
“The curse is come upon me,” cried
            The Lady of Shalott.’ - Tennyson

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June242012

The “Perseus Cycle” by Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1875-1890

1. The Call of Perseus
2. Perseus and the Graiae
3. The Arming of Perseus (Perseus and the Nereids)
4. The Finding of Medusa
5. The Death of Medusa
6. The Birth of Pegasus and Chrysaor
7. The Rock of Doom
8. The Doom Fulfilled
9. The Baleful Head
10. Atlas Turned to Stone 

These paintings are based on “The Doom of King Acrisius” (full text) by William Morris.

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