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From the deep waters : maidens of myth and mystery / Toshiyuki Takamiya

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Takamiya, Toshiyuki

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco : Chronicle Books , 1996Description: 110 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780811814850

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

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DDC classification:

REF 759.7 TAK

Summary: The lure of the siren, the comeliness of the mermaid, the elegiac beauty of Ophelia - in page after page of captivating paintings by such artists as J.W. Waterhouse, Frederick Lord Leighton, Gustav Klimt, Edward Burne-Jones, and other Pre-Raphaelites, this volume takes a mystical journey into the deep waters where romantic art flows together with female enigma and timeless mystery. These sensuous images - many inspired by literary scenes from the likes of Homer's Odyssey, Mallory's Morte d'Arthur, and Tennyson's Lady of Shalott - seduce the eye and beguile the mind.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 759.7 TAK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		041545

The lure of the siren, the comeliness of the mermaid, the elegiac beauty of Ophelia - in page after page of captivating paintings by such artists as J.W. Waterhouse, Frederick Lord Leighton, Gustav Klimt, Edward Burne-Jones, and other Pre-Raphaelites, this volume takes a mystical journey into the deep waters where romantic art flows together with female enigma and timeless mystery. These sensuous images - many inspired by literary scenes from the likes of Homer's Odyssey, Mallory's Morte d'Arthur, and Tennyson's Lady of Shalott - seduce the eye and beguile the mind.

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