Winifred Knights
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Winifred Margaret Knights was a British painter. Amongst her most notable works are The Marriage at Cana produced for the British School at Rome, which is now in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tong
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The Deluge (1920) by Winifred Knights
Flood myth
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A flood myth or a deluge myth is a narrative in which a great flood—usually sent by one or more deities—destroys civilization, typically as an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn betw
Winifred Knights
…a major retrospective of her work was held at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. To compete for the Rome Scholarship students were asked to paint a scene of The Deluge, in oil or tempera measuring 6 X 5 feet and which had to be completed in a period of eight weeks (commencing 5 July). The panel of ten judges included…
"The Deluge", frontispiece to Gustave Doré's illustrated edition of the Bible
George Smith, who discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Eve of the Deluge, by John Martin, 1840. Depicts a comet causing the Great Flood.
Matsya-avatara of Lord Vishnu pulls Manu's boat after having defeated the demon.