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 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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