Ramblings of a Bookworm
Posted in Art, Paintings, Pre-Raphaelites on Jun 7th, 2008
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was first formed in the summer of 1848. From the start their work had no common denominator - the painters called “Pre-Raphaelites” were all individual and their paintings show great contrasts. Pre-Raphaelitism cannot be defined; there are as many differences between the paintings as there are similarities. The original members of the [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Celebrate the Author, Challenges, Paintings on May 27th, 2008
I expect a book by Margaret Forster to be good and this one is no exception. It is essentially the story of a painting, a variant of Gwen John’s “The Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris“, as over the years it passes from one woman to another. The painting on the left is taken from the back cover [...]
Posted in Art, Dante, Paintings, Pre-Raphaelites on Mar 26th, 2008
Dante finished writing The Divine Comedy in 1321 shortly before his death. The subject of the final talk in my course on Dante’s Florence was The Divine Comedy, its sources, structure, an introduction to some of its characters, concluding with Dante’s legacy in art.
I don’t think that I’ve ever had such a long introduction to [...]
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