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J W Waterhouse

By (author) Peter Trippi

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John William Waterhouse is among the most popular Victorian artists and many of his paintings, such as ""The Lady of Shallot"", ""Hylas and the Nymphs"" and ""Ophelia"", have become icons of femininity recognized the world over. With their compelling composition, glowing colour and Impressionist-inflected technique, these paintings are admired for their beauty, yet at the same time they have the power to transport the viewer into a romantic world of myth and legend. Waterhouse's depictions of female beauty reflect his age's complex and ambivalent attitudes towards women, in which Victorian ideals of sentiment and duty commingled with less noble undercurrents of erotic desire and misogyny. In this study of the artist, Peter Trippi presents an analysis of Waterhouse's seductresses, martyrs and nymphs, together with a lively discussion of the cultural and historical circumstances in which these images were planted. This authoritative volume utilizes research to provide an accessbile biography of the artist and to assess his place in the late Victorian art world. Themes explored include Waterhouse's passion for Italy, literature and the classical world, his participation in England's Royal A