Distinguishing links from stretchtext, and building in a complex non-linear thread.
narrative
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.
Reviled through the twentieth century, in his day he was one of the most eminent British artists. Is he due a revival?
His later paintings became weaker in narrative to the point where some seemed almost trite. What was he up to?
Several Pre-Raphaelites painted this character from a Shakespeare comedy, but as a symbol of despondent isolation. Why?
Towards the end of his career, he campaigned for students at the Royal Academy Schools to have proper life classes with nude models. And a nude got him into trouble.
You may know him for ‘Broken Vows’, a famous problem picture about unfaithfulness in marriage. Here are some more of his works.
A major project which he eventually abandoned, the remaining studies might today appear cryptic. There is more than one story behind them.
Time to add a second narrative thread based on an ‘authority’, and link it in with the main spine.
Delacroix’s famous painting of Marianne, personification of the French nation, does not stand alone. Here is a small collection.
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