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by Fortuna » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:28 am
dks wrote:Your avatar looks quite like you. Bonita!
I'm delighted you think so

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It's painted by John William Waterhouse, I don't know if all of you are familiar with this work but he's also been
inspired by Keats' poetry.
"Call’d him soft names in many a mused rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath"
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by dks » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:09 am
Fortuna wrote:dks wrote:Your avatar looks quite like you. Bonita!
I'm delighted you think so

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It's painted by John William Waterhouse, I don't know if all of you are familiar with this work but he's also been
inspired by Keats' poetry.
Did he also paint a version of Isabella and the Pot of Basil? I love that image...
"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the Truth of Imagination."
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by Saturn » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:15 am
Thanks for the link Fortuna - I've seen those paintings before but never had a name to put to the artist.
I love all that Pre-raphaelite art

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by Fortuna » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:11 pm
Saturn wrote:I love all that Pre-raphaelite art

Oh me too... Pre-Raphaelite art is a real weakness of mine- and do my friends know it! I have countless birthday cards all with Waterhouse's works. I have been lucky enough to see some of those works in galleries up close. I was quite struck by how large they are and it almost feels like the subjects are ready to step right out of the frames. I think I may have even fallen in love with Waterhouse's paintings of Keat's poetry before I discovered his source of inspiration... it's hazy who came first.

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by dks » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:53 pm
Fortuna wrote:Saturn wrote:I love all that Pre-raphaelite art

Oh me too... Pre-Raphaelite art is a real weakness of mine- and do my friends know it! I have countless birthday cards all with Waterhouse's works. I have been lucky enough to see some of those works in galleries up close. I was quite struck by how large they are and it almost feels like the subjects are ready to step right out of the frames. I think I may have even fallen in love with Waterhouse's paintings of Keat's poetry before I discovered his source of inspiration... it's hazy who came first.

Yes...those Pre-Raphaelite painted women--ethereal looking expressions and long, thick locks with warm lighted backgrounds...
I, myself, like Dante Rosetti.
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by Saturn » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:36 pm
dks wrote:
Yes...those Pre-Raphaelite painted women--ethereal looking expressions and long, thick locks with warm lighted backgrounds...
I, myself, like Dante Rosetti.
That's the boy.
He was undoubtedly the master of the form...and a not-too shabby poet either

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by dks » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:45 pm
Saturn wrote:He was undoubtedly the master of the form...and a not-too shabby poet either

Yes! Check out "A Match with the Moon" and "Autumn Idleness"--
very nice...

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by Malia » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:54 pm
I think Rosetti's sister was a writer, as well.
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by dks » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:00 pm
Malia wrote:I think Rosetti's sister was a writer, as well.
Christina. Yes, she's great, too. Check out "From the Antique" by her--awesome.
Oh, and Dante Rosetti's best poem is probably "Sudden Light." It's a little tribute to deja vu...for those of us who don't believe in coincidence!!

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by Fortuna » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:05 am
I discovered Christina Rossetti's work only a week ago myself. Her mother Frances Polidori, was the sister of Lord Byron's physician. And I believe Dante Gabriel Rossetti befriended W.H. Hunt after seeing a painting of his based on Keats' The Eve of St Agnes.
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