Circe Invidiosa is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1892. It is his second depiction, after Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (1891), of the classical mythological character Circe.

Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse that was created in 1891. [1] It is now in Gallery Oldham, Oldham, England.

3 days ago · A glance at three masterpieces by English painter John William Waterhouse where he depicted Circe, the dread goddess of Homer's Odyssey.

Apr 19, 2022 · Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse that was created in 1891. The painting depicts a scene from the Odyssey where the sorceress Circe offers Odysseus (called Ulysses by the Romans) a cup containing a potion with which she seeks to bring him under her spell as she has his crew.

Apr 11, 2017 · Circe Invidiosa is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1892. It is his second depiction, after Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (1891), of the Greek mythological character, Circe, this time while she is poisoning the water to turn Scylla, Circe's rival for Glaucus, "into a hideous monster".

Mar 30, 2019 · In John William Waterhouse’s Circe invidiosa 1892, the sorceress is shown bolt upright, focused intently on holding the large vessel and controlling the stream of liquid, her weight and the poison serving to contain the nymph-monster below.

Nov 14, 2017 · Circe Invidiosa is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1892. It is his second depiction, after Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, of the Greek mythological character, Circe, this time while she is poisoning the water to turn Scylla, Circe's rival for Glaucus, "into a hideous monster".

Oct 24, 2004 · Waterhouse's handling of the scene is brilliantly economical. With grim determination, Circe empties a bowl of green poison into the waters, have hovering, half standing on the already transformed Scylla, who writhes beneath the surface.

Circe Invidiosa is the second Waterhouse's depiction, after Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (1891), of the Greek mythological character, Circe, this time while she is poisoning the water to turn Scylla, Circe's rival for Glaucus, "into a hideous monster".

Waterhouse’s painting of Circe, the scorned witch, poisoning the sea is arresting. The elongated proportions of the canvas and the almost sickly aquamarine of the ocean evoke an uncanny otherworldliness – the viewer knows unequivocally that the world depicted in Waterhouse’s painting is not the world that we inhabit.