Fairylike Creatures : The Tune of the Seven Towers

In this scene, the Middle Ages are associated with lyric art and music. But the autumnal colours, the sadness of the faces of the two listeners and the instrumentalist, the strange bar that cuts the spectator off from the scene on the canvas — everything here is tinged with nostalgia. The idealized Middle Ages of the Pre-Raphaelites is a time that has passed. This is the beginning of a common fantasy motif in which ancient fairy creatures, such as Tolkien's elves or the dragons of Game of Thrones , gradually disappear from the world to make way for humanity and modernity