Art Exhibits

Beautiful Women as Hazards to Man

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Hunt, William Holman. Isabella and the Pot of Basil . 1867, oil on canvas, Delaware Art Museum , Wilmington, DE.

 

Waterhouse, John William. Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses. 1891, oil on canvas Oldham Art Gallery , Oldham, United Kingdom.
Morgan, Evelyn De. The Love Potion. 1903, oil on canvas, De Morgan Collection Storage.

 

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Lady Lilith . 1868, oil on canvas, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Delaware.

 

Rossetti , Dante Gabriel. La Bella Mano. 1875, oil on canvas, Delaware Art Museum , Wilmington, DE.

Works Cited 

 

  • “An Alluring Witch: Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses.” The Victorian Web, www.victorianweb.org/painting/jww/paintings/fanous12.html.
  • Easby, Rebecca Jeffrey. “A Beginner’s Guide to the Pre-Raphaelites.” Khan Academy, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/victorian-art-architecture/pre-raphaelites/a/a-beginners-guide-to-the-pre-raphaelites.
  • “Evelyn De Morgan: The Love Potion.” Two Coats of Paint, Creative Commons Attribution, www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2015/02/evelyn-de-morgan-love-potion.html.
  • “Lady Lilith.” Lady Lilith, Delaware Art Museum, www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/s205.rap.html.
  • Lorris, Guillaume De, and Jean De Meun. The Romance of the Rose. Oxford University Press, 1994.
  • “The Love Potion.” The De Morgan Foundation, The De Morgan Foundation, www.demorgan.org.uk/The%20Love%20Potion.