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by Francesca Berti Ceroni

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The Hireling Shepherd Francesca Berti Ceroni William Holman Hunt The author William Holman Hunt ( 1827 - 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He gave birth to the Pre-Raphaelite movement in 1848, after meeting the artists Dante

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Corticelli Eleonora, Greco Giorgia, Veronesi Erica

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OPHELIA by John Everett Millais First impression Looking at the painting, the first thing that catches the eyes is Ophelia herself and her dreamy expression; however, giving a more general overlook to the entire painting, you get struck by the precision of the natural

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"The Lady of Shalott" by William Holman Hunt

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"The Lady of Shalott" by William Holman Hunt

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Giacomo Calleri (part C), Tommaso Evangelisti (part A), Arturo Neri (part B)

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"Beata Beatrix" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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"Beata Beatrix" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Francesco Frisoli, Alessia Lambertini, Arianna Zanarini

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Baldini, Berardi, Finetti

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Presentazione di Federica Solazzo, Pranvera Kroburi, Alice Franchi

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John William Waterhouse - “La belle dame sans merci” (1893) Gruppo Scartezzini, Grandi, Guadagno

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John William Waterhouse - “La belle dame sans merci” (1893) Gruppo Scartezzini, Grandi, Guadagno

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First look: an impression

The two protagonists of the painting are a lady and a knight. They are in a wood and seems to be day.

Second look: the details

It is an ambiguous representation. Indeed, the woman imprisons the knight with her long blonde hair. She seems to be comfortable in the wood. The lady’s body is brighter than the man’s body and in the background we can see a lake behind the trees.

Historical background

For his painting he found inspiration in stories and legends from British literature: in fact this picture can be connected to the poem “La belle dame sans mercy” composed in 1819 by John Keats.

Waterhouse was part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of painters, poets and artists founded in 1848. The Brotherhood rejected the mechanistic approach adopted by Mannerist artists who succeeded Raphael and Michelangelo. They believed that the Classical poses and elegant compositions of Raphael in particular had been a corrupting influence on the academic teaching of art.

The Pre-Raphaelite focused their attention on beauty and nature as central to the purpose of art, as we can see from this picture.

Technique and style

The painting is an oil on canvas. The warm colours and details such as red leaves in the foreground suggesting that it’s late summer or early autumn. The autumn is not much different to the merciless lady: nature in autumn charms us with her richness, giving promises it won’t fulfill.  Waterhouse painted the lady’s dress in a beautiful warm shade of purple, similar to the color of wine. This color could invoke the seductive and illusory intentions of the lady. She has ruby red lips, long auburn hair and one heart on her sleeve.

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Gruppo Ferrari, Laganà, Draghetti

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Example of painting analysis  -  Nocturne in Blue and Gold : Old Battersea Bridge (London, Tate Gallery)

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Example of painting analysis  -  Nocturne in Blue and Gold : Old Battersea Bridge (London, Tate Gallery)

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Open the file on your right to download an example of the "4- step analysis" of this painting

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Where you can go to enjoy PreRaphaelite art...

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Where you can go to enjoy PreRaphaelite art...

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The Liverpool Museum