a fine romance

celtic mythology + major goddesses

The Beauty of the End

John Martin (1789-1854), English painter and engraver.

This romantic artist will be particularly inspired by the apocalyptic evocations of the Bible, which he will sublimate by representing the gigantism of fury of the elements.

“They say Prometheus brought fire from the sun concealed in a hollow fennel stalk. They say tarragon came to be when a flax seed was pushed into the pierced root of a sea onion and planted after dark. The Minotaur simply likes the smell of chopped herbs.”