About 7 years ago, I was in London on business and had a day to myself. I spent most of it in the Royal Academy of Arts which was hosting an exhibit of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's collection of Pre-Raph art and artifacts.
It was incredible and almost too much to take in. The Rosetti and the Burne-Jones and the Waterhouse nearly brought me to my knees. What always amazes me about the Pre-Raphaelites is how strong the women are depicted - such an antithesis of the horrendous Victorian genre painting fashionable at that time.
AND THIS IS WHY I LOVE MY FLIST...I meet someone on a Monday...and by Thursday, we're discussing art.
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Date: 2010-06-11 02:23 am (UTC)It was incredible and almost too much to take in. The Rosetti and the Burne-Jones and the Waterhouse nearly brought me to my knees. What always amazes me about the Pre-Raphaelites is how strong the women are depicted - such an antithesis of the horrendous Victorian genre painting fashionable at that time.
AND THIS IS WHY I LOVE MY FLIST...I meet someone on a Monday...and by Thursday, we're discussing art.
Gah.