The World Before the Flood
The World Before the Flood is an oil painting on canvas by English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1828 and currently in the Southampton City Art Gallery. It depicts a scene from John Milton's Paradise Lost in which, among a series of visions of the future shown to Adam, he sees the world immediately before the Great Flood. The painting illustrates the stages of courtship as described by Milton; a group of men select wives from a group of dancing women, drag their chosen woman from the group, and settle down to married life. Behind the courting group, an oncoming storm looms, a symbol of the destruction which the dancers and lovers are about to bring upon themselves.
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The World Before the Flood
The World Before the Flood is an oil painting on canvas by English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1828 and currently in the Southampton City Art Gallery. It depicts a scene from John Milton's Paradise Lost in which, among a series of visions of the future shown to Adam, he sees the world immediately before the Great Flood. The painting illustrates the stages of courtship as described by Milton; a group of men select wives from a group of dancing women, drag their chosen woman from the group, and settle down to married life. Behind the courting group, an oncoming storm looms, a symbol of the destruction which the dancers and lovers are about to bring upon themselves.
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O Mundo Antes do Dilúvio (em i ...... trabalhos de Etty em 2011–12.
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The World Before the Flood is ...... ive of Etty's work in 2011–12.
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Large number of semi-naked people
Large number of semi-naked people, crudely painted
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Preliminary oil sketch, c. 1828
The World Before the Flood, 1828
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The finished work shows subtle ...... e canvas in the finished work.
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They on the Plain
Long had not ...... ture; which he thus express'd.
Were Milton now alive, possess ...... , with nature still thy guide.
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Letter from William Etty to hi ...... of The World Before the Flood.
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On a Picture in illustration o ...... t, John Taylor, September 1828
Paradise Lost, Book XI, lines 580–97
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I know you will rejoice with u ...... y favouring gales next voyage.
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O Mundo Antes do Dilúvio (em i ...... re os dançarinos e os amantes.
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The World Before the Flood is ...... bout to bring upon themselves.
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O Mundo Antes do Dilúvio
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The World Before the Flood
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