Pre-Raphaelites
I have discovered Pre-Raphaelites during my summer studies in London many years ago. But since that time I really love their kitschy but sometimes surprising paintings.
And all this just because of cover page of Oscar Wild's De Profundis where was used detail from Rossetti's Beata Beatrix.
"For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow."
(Oscar Wild, De Profundis)
But in this case it is a sorrow of a very strange kind. You do not cry - you have just very sad smile on your face as you feel that you have lost something in your life but it was so nice that you cannot cry anymore. You can just wait patiently…
Artmuseum.cz (česky, czech)
Links to Pre-Raphaelite web-sites
WebMuseum
Wikipedia
Victorian Web
define: kitsch - just for Katie:o)
(category: Provocation)
tofu007 2005-05-23 / 6.26 am
Ten druhý obrázek mě připomněl videoklip a píseň N. Cave a K. Minoque, kde ona leží ve vodě s červenými řůžemi ….teď si nevzpomenu na název, ale v hlavě se mě ta baladycká píseň zníííí.
malyfred 2005-05-23 / 10.28 am
Nick Cave - Where the Wild Roses Grow
tofu007 2005-05-23 / 6.32 pm
Joo to je ono slyším to …Wild Roses ;o)
Aristotle 2005-05-27 / 10.03 pm
Very splendid stuff really. I think I remember reading another post about pre-Rephaelites on an odd sort of Craig’s List Review site. I am trying to find the link.
Jackob 2006-12-09 / 5.37 am
I love looking at ekphrasis between the paintings and poems. The first painting shows a very raw side of this style and it is very interesting to wonder at.
tara 2008-12-01 / 6.08 pm
did you refer to the paintings as ‘kitschy’ ? That…surprises me
rocky gadelha 2008-12-12 / 4.50 am
Love pre-raphaelites. I wish art could remain so pure. It’s the highest period in the History of Art. Rocky from Brazil