The Restory Retreat Centre

  One Word Reaction Painting presented by the app, DailyArt . "Morgan le Fay" Painter: Frederick Augustus Sandys (1864) The painting is described as follows in DailyArt: "Morgan le Fay, the sorceress of Arthurian legend, was King Arthur’s jealous half-sister, resentful of the power and devotion he inspired. Consumed by envy of his moral strength, she sought again and again to undermine both his life and his reign. In this scene, she stands before a loom where she has woven an enchanted robe meant to engulf Arthur’s body in flames. As she waves a lamp back and forth in her hands, she chants her spells. Fortunately, Arthur commanded his messenger to don the garment first—thus escaping her deadly trap. Her appearance here—with loosened hair, forceful gestures, and a leopard skin draped across her body—conveys an image of dangerous, untamed female sexuality. Edward Burne-Jones created a gouache study of Morgan le Fay in 1862, yet it is Sandys’s rendering that remains the mos...

  Eenwoord-Reaksie Skildery aangebied deur die toepassing, DailyArt . "It All Depends On The Point Of View" Skilder: Franciszka Themerson (1975) In die toepassing, DailyArt , word die skildery as volg beskryf: "Franciszka Themerson’s "It all depends on the point of view" is a painting that immediately points to its message: what we see is never absolute. Our gaze is shaped by perspective, habits, and the frames (both literal and cultural) through which we look. Themerson—painter, illustrator, and stage designer—who, throughout her life, accompanied her husband Stefan in avant-garde artistic experiments, from the very beginning used the language of images as a tool of analysis and intellectual play. It is no coincidence that this work opens the new (Inaugurated today on 17 October 2025) permanent exhibition, *[Ways of Seeing](https://utm.guru/ui5v0),* at the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź. Placed right at the entrance, it sets the perspective from which the entire journe...