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Jun 9 2011
View of the Parthenon from the Propylea
British / Greco-Roman / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “View of the Parthenon from the Propylea” of 1821 by Edward Dodwell. This image appeared in Dodwell’s volume Views in Greece which was published in London in 1821, the year of the Greek War of Independence. It shows the contemporary buildings which were on the Akropolis during the 375 year Turkish occupation of Athens. The Irish-born artist was fifty-four when the volume was published and had been living and traveling in Italy and Greece since 1801. He died in Rome on May 13, 1832.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle
Jul 10 2010
Tristan and Isolde Sharing the Potion by John William Waterhouse, 1885
British / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of " Tristan and Isolde Sharing the Potion" of 1915 by John William Waterhouse. This work captures the moment when Tristan and Isolde consume the love potion which was to lead to everlasting love and tragedy. The original work is in a Private Collection.
Waterhouse often re-created scenes from the world of myth as did many of his fellow Pre-Raphaelites. Waterhouse was born to English painters in Rome who returned to England when he was five years old. He entered the Royal Academy of Art school in 1871 when he was aged 21 and within three years he had a successful painting. For the next forty years Waterhouse maintained his success and continued painting until his last illness made production impossible in 1915. He died two years later.
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