Pre raphaelite art

283 Likes, 3 Comments - P'tite Mie (@ptite.mie) on Instagram: “John William Waterhouse - "Hylas and the Nymphs" (detail), 1896 🍃 #art #painting #1890s…”

~ A space where I let the inspiration of Nature speak, sharing the beauty, magic, wisdom and wonder of our green planet, and her dreams and wishes of our magnificent future together ~

The British Museum explores 5,000 years of cultural conceptions about women

Sir Frank Dicksee, The Two Crowns (detail)

““The Lady of Shalott (1888)” John William Waterhouse (6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.”

I found a new toy tonight as I was finding Pre-Raphaelite inspiration to share. Polyvore - a site where you can make little style statements to publish. I just stumbled on it and immediately got sucked in. But here is what I really wanted to show you:

Portrait of a Lady (detail), by Michael Dahl.

On a bright, clear morning some years ago, during the long, lovely days leading up to summer solstice, Wendy Froud and I drove through the lanes to the village of Callington in Cornwall (the county just to the west of...