Editing Holy Grail (section)

===Music and painting===
[[File:Frederick Sandys - King Pelles Daughter.jpg|thumb|upright|''King Pelles' Daughter Bearing the Sancgraal'' by [[Frederick Sandys]] (1861)|alt=]]

The combination of hushed reverence, chromatic harmonies and sexualized imagery in [[Richard Wagner]]'s final music drama ''[[Parsifal]]'', premiered in 1882, developed this theme, associating the Grail – now periodically producing blood – directly with female fertility.<ref>Donington, Robert (1963). ''Wagner's "Ring" and its Symbols: the Music and the Myth''. Faber</ref> The high seriousness of the subject was also epitomized in [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]]'s painting in which a woman modeled by [[Alexa Wilding]] holds the Grail with one hand, while adopting a gesture of blessing with the other.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dante-gabriel-rossetti-461|title=Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828–1882|website=Tate}}</ref>

A major mural series depicting the Quest for the Holy Grail was done by the artist [[Edwin Austin Abbey]] during the first decade of the 20th century for the [[Boston Public Library]]. Other artists, including [[George Frederic Watts]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/230160?position=8|title=Sir Galahad &#124; Harvard Art Museums|website=harvardartmuseums.org}}</ref> and [[William Dyce]], also portrayed grail subjects.<ref>Shichtman, Martin B.; Carley, James P., (eds.) ''Culture and the King: The Social Implications of the Arthurian Legend'', SUNY Press, Albany, N.Y., 1994, p. 264.</ref>