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Tuesday, 17 December 2002
Which Pre-Raphaelite Painting Are You?

I wonder if someone has written that quiz. I also wonder if I like the Pre-Raphaelites because I was exposed to them early. My father had this painting in his office when he was in private practice. He was a psychologist.

Hylas and the Nymphs

I bought a print of the next one while at college. It's framed and in my bedroom. I identified with her being all tangled up in her loom. One of the lesser-seen Lady of Shallot paintings:

Lady of Shallot

Or maybe I just like the Pre-Raphaelites because they were damn good painters.

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The two artistic periods that I love most are Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau. But I'd have to say if I was a Pre-Raphaelite painting, I would be William Shakespeare Burton's "Wounded Cavalier" (oil on canvas, 89 x 104 cm, 1856, Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of London / Bridgeman Art Library)

Posted by Darren on 18 Dec 2002 08:51


Posted by Darren on 18 Dec 2002 08:53
I would love to be the guy in that first painting. Anyone that's been in Casa Sinister knows that we love the Pre-Raphaelites. Once we get rid of the old bookcases (now that the new built-ins are filled) we'll be hanging some new ones. My vote for "Call To Arms" was nixed by Lisa, because she said it's depressing. Marriage, then right to battle, that's not depressing, it's an adrenaline rush!
Posted by Lunchbox on 18 Dec 2002 10:01
I would have to be one of the enchantresses. If a quiz labeled me as the Lady of Shalot, I would have to kill myself. But I will refrain from that soapbox.

On a related note, I used to be a total snob about the movie "Excalibur" being unauthentic. Then I saw an interview with John Borman, the director. Apparently, when he was a kid hiding under the covers during the Battle of Britain, his primary form of fortification was a collection of Arthurian stories illustrated with Pre-Raphealite images. When he got to do "Excalibur", he had the art director/costumer/set designer work from that tattered and well loved book.
In other "Excalibur" trivia, Ygrainne(the one in the armored sex scene) was one of Borman's daughters. The creepy young Mordred was his son , Charlie.

In a later film, the terrific "Hope and Glory", Borman waxes semi=autobiographical through the story of a family dealing with the London blitz. The young boy character gets through the air raids with, you guessed it, an Arthurian Legends book and some Knight figurines. All of Borman's daughters appear in this film. And Charlie plays the dshing German pilot who crashes in London suburbia.

Charlie starred in another of his father's films, "Emerald Forest", about a caucasion child who is lost in the Amazon and raised by natives. Not a terrific movie.

Sid
Posted by Sid on 18 Dec 2002 12:57
My favorite art periods/styles are also Pre-Raphealite and Art Nouveau. That and the golden age of illustration I found out about that one at Artcyclopedia ( http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/golden-age.html ) ...but I had liked the artists for a while. Artists like Arthur Rackham and Maxfield Parish. My mom had a book about Maxfield Parish that I loved to look through when I was a kid.
Posted by Gale Langley on 8 May 2004 14:43
PS. I don't know what Pre-raphealite painting I would be, but if I were a Art Nouveau painting I would definately be this one:
http://windhaven.bravepages.com/art/mucha1.html
(you have to scroll down to the bottom to see it.
Posted by Gale Langley on 8 May 2004 14:52
there is a painting of a woman, in water. her hands are bound, and a halo floats over her. can anyone give me the title or artist?
Posted by nikki on 12 Aug 2004 11:06
nikki...i have this painting of the woman in the water with her hands bound. it has been driving me insane for the past 12 years. i cannot find out the name or artist of this piece. i will continue looking online and if i find any info i will post again....ojos
Posted by ojos on 14 Aug 2005 15:31