![]() ![]() But while he first painted in its Academic style, he soon embraced technique and subject matter of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB). Nicknamed “Nino” and encouraged to draw, he moved to London and enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art. Waterhouse was born in 1849 in Rome, Roman Republic (now Rome, Italy) to William and Isabella Waterhouse, both painters. Waterhouse and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood John William Waterhouse, circa 1886. The vivid medieval romanticism and engaging symbols have been inspiring artists ever since, few painters more so than John William Waterhouse. Forbidden to leave the tower, the lady is only allowed to see the outside world through a mirror or else suffer an unnamed curse. The poem was a very popular subject for Victorian Britain because of its theme of tragic love. In the early-19th century, English poet Alfred Tennyson wrote one of his best-known works, “The Lady of Shalott.” Inspired by the 13th-century Italian novellina “Donna di Scalotta,” the poem draws from Arthurian subject matter to tell the tragic story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noblewoman stranded in a tower up the river from the city of Camelot. ![]()
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