April 23, 2007
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John William Waterhouse… Apollo and Daphne
Maybe it’s the adolescent humor that I some times succumb to but this one gives me dirty thoughts.
It is actually quite subliminal if you study it… I wonder if John was hiding a little S&M fetish…
![John William Waterhouse: Ophelia [by the pond] - 1894](http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/paintings/images/waterhouse_ophelia_02.jpg)
Opeliah
And his women always look so sad and needy. I still like him though… all except one, and it has nothing to do with the painting itself. When I was living in Utah I was a mat cutter for Provo Art and Frame… I loved the job, but there were certain pictures that I saw so many times coming in to frame that it would make my eyes cross.
This is one of them.
![John William Waterhouse: The Lady of Shalott [on boat] - 1888](http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/paintings/images/waterhouse_the_lady_of_shalott02.jpg)
The Lady of Shallot
There is a lot of very cool symbolism in this picture, but i don’t think any of the girls hanging it on their dorm room walls ever noticed.
I’ll stop forcing you to look at morose women but their so well painted and beautiful…
Can you tell not much going on today.
What do you all think of Waterhouse?
Comments (9)
Lots of death symbolism in The Lady of Shallot. I think Waterhouse is masterful in his work, but the subject matter tends to be dark and kind of depressing.
I agree with you on how he portrays women… they don’t exactly exude empowerment do they?
I have never paid too much attention to art to any degree but willing to learn. Wanna share your thoughts on Waterhouse’s works with me? I know what I see but not sure if we see the same things.
I always liked The Lady of Shallot the epic poem because Anne reads it in Anne of Green Gables and Megan Follows had such a great reading voice…I love that movie. lol
this is nice…i likey these… reminds me to go find some maxfield parrish.
And what do you think about the preraphaelit Albert Moore (I have a book of his painting by me) ? for the same style I find by him are the women less morose (nevertheless I find the word “morose” very funny) !
Very great time for you !
I choose to think of the works you’ve shared here by Waterhouse as more romantic than morose, but it seems you know more of him than I do. They’re all very pretty. Peace
He is one of my favorites.
Very romantic and beautiful. The first one is pretty erotic.