Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Half sick of shadows

Half sick of shadows edit

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Original – "I am half sick of shadows," said the Lady of Shalott, 1915. "TBH, I'm totally sick of them but that doesn't scan". Waterhouse's image of the Lady of Shalott moping around just before Lancelot rides into view for the coup de foudre. Spoiler: it doesn't end well for her, though Lancelot does admire her lovely face when she's dead.

Reason: High EV, all the usual blah-blah; you can never have too much Waterhouse or PRB; romantic; sensuous; Diliff can imagine her whipping up a decadently rich and scrumptious chocolate mousse. Edge of the canvas is still in the image; what do we think of that? I don't mind it.
Articles in which this image appears: John William Waterhouse, List of Gemma Doyle Trilogy characters, The Lady of Shalott
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: John William Waterhouse

Support as nominator – Belle (talk) 10:58, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Intriguing & colorful. Sca (talk) 14:45, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Arms raised and bended backwards are indeed sensuous. Brandmeister^talk 19:16, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try that pose at the pub tonight. Sca (talk) 21:32, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:25, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Godot13 (talk) 07:10, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:25, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Great stuff. Hafspajen (talk) 03:25, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jobas (talk) 09:32, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I'm sure this is a mediaeval Belle. The aimless lolling,bosom thrusting upwards,the gazing out of the window waiting for some monkeyman to go flying by,things lying about the floor because...ooh pretty... Lemon martini (talk) 14:41, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 19:29, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - It's a pity you are intent on Featuring this unsourced image of Waterhouse's last version of this theme, painted towards the end of his life and past his prime, when you passed over a Google Art image of the much more famous version in the London Tate. 216.166.10.125 (talk) 00:15, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 22:34, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good painting technique. Exploringlife (talk) 05:32, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:John William Waterhouse - I am half-sick of shadows, said the lady of shalott.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]