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After The Deluge (painting)
''After the Deluge'', also known as ''The Forty-First Day'', is a Symbolism (arts), Symbolist oil painting by English artist George Frederic Watts, first exhibited as ''The Sun'' in an incomplete form in 1886, and completed in 1891. It shows a scene from the story of Genesis flood narrative, Noah's Flood, in which after 40 days of rain Noah opens the window of Noah's Ark, his Ark to see that the rain has stopped. Watts felt that modern society was in decline owing to a lack of moral values, and he often painted works on the topic of the Flood and its cleansing of the unworthy from the world. The painting takes the form of a stylized seascape, dominated by a bright sunburst breaking through clouds. Although this was a theme Watts had depicted previously in ''The Genius of Greek Poetry'' in 1878, ''After the Deluge'' took a radically different approach. With this painting he intended to evoke God in the act of creation, but avoid depicting the Creator directly. The unfinished pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Frederic Watts
George Frederic Watts (23 February 1817, in London – 1 July 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as ''Hope'' and ''Love and Life''. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in a universal symbolic language. Early life and education Watts was born in Marylebone in central London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel (after whom he was named), to the second wife of a poor piano-maker. Delicate in health and with his mother dying while he was still young, he was home-schooled by his father in a conservative interpretation of Christianity as well as via the classics such as the ''Iliad.'' The former put him off conventional religion for life, while the latter was a continual influence on his art. He s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
