January122013

“The Tune of Seven Towers” from “Pre-Raphaelite Ballads” by William Morris, illust. H.M. O’Kane
(Click for the complete book, via archive.org) 

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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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