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Aestheticism

JW Waterhouse: Allure and magic 1

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He died a century ago, a succession of brilliant and very successful paintings behind him. First of two parts in retrospect.

February 9, 2017 General, Painting

Dolce far niente: the apogee of Aestheticism

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A popular title in the 19th century, it is almost a hallmark of the Aesthetic movement: no narrative, no meaning, just art for art’s sake. Except…

November 15, 2016 General, Painting

Into the Light: John Godward, Aestheticism in the extreme

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Beautiful paintings, devoid of narrative, symbols, or meaning. They represent the height of the Aesthetic movement: ‘pure’ art.

November 12, 2016 General, Painting

Lawrence Alma-Tadema: classics go Aesthetic, 2

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After a brush with almost Impressionist landscapes, did he settle down and paint Rome and Greece purely for the sake of art?

October 27, 2016 General, Painting

Lawrence Alma-Tadema: classics go Aesthetic, 1

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After his reputation was shredded by Roger Fry, Alma-Tadema was almost forgotten. Why should his work now be revived?

October 26, 2016 General, Painting

John Everett Millais: only briefly Pre-Raphaelite

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How did one of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood come to paint this clothed Andromeda, waiting to drown in the Solway Firth?

October 21, 2016 General, Painting

Sir Edward Poynter, a British Gérôme? 2, 1880 onwards

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His classical narratives are as sophisticated as Leighton’s, his spectacles as good as Gérôme at his best, and he made some of the best paintings of the Aesthetic movement.

October 20, 2016 General, Painting

Sir Edward Poynter, a British Gérôme? 1, to 1879

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Reviled through the twentieth century, in his day he was one of the most eminent British artists. Is he due a revival?

October 19, 2016 General, Painting

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope: a different Pre-Raphaelite

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His early paintings were narrative and highly original. From the 1870s they changed, becoming more Aesthetic.

October 18, 2016 General, Painting

Frederic, Lord Leighton: Classic and Aesthetic

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His later paintings became weaker in narrative to the point where some seemed almost trite. What was he up to?

October 16, 2016 General, Painting

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