Post by cierlmeyrin on Oct 10, 2011 2:32:02 GMT -5
John William Waterhouse's Flower Painting Flora and the Zephyr; takes its subject from Ovid's Fasti, which is a verse chronicle of the Roman calendar, and which incorporates the mythologies and historical legends of Rome where they can he associated with specific times of the year. Boats Paintings Waterhouse's painting shows the moment when Zephyr first set eyes upon and fell in love with Flora, as she gathered flowers in the fields with her maidens and children. People Paintings He flies down to her, accompanied by his winged companions, and captures her by casting a garland of white flowers around her.
Flora and the Zephyrs was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1898 with Ariadne (private collection), which showed the sleeping figure outstretched at the moment of her abandonment by Theseus. Building Paintings Two years later Waterhouse showed the Awakening of Adonis, where again the main protagonist seems hardly aware of the unfolding drama. Oil Paintings for sale Waterhouse's paintings after the turn of the century were to become blander and more oblique in their storytelling, and seldom again did he achieve the psychological tension and sense of frenzied excitement of Flora and the Zephyrs.