Pre-Raphaelite Art Exhibit

Nan Bradford-Reid n.b-reid at mail.utexas.edu
Tue Nov 7 06:13:04 PST 1995


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>>Great!  But what does 19th century art have to do with the Middle Ages and
>>Renaissance?  Just curious?  <G>
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>>Catherine
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>Why??? Because some of the subject matter that these artists painted was based
>on the Arthurian Legend. Granted, the costumes, artistic style etc is NOT
>period (for lack of a better term). but, I feel that this art form has captured
>the romance and magic of the medieval period.  A lot of what made the SCA such
>a magic place to be.
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>meadhbh
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That's exactly what I thought you were going to say.  It's pretty to look
at, unfortunately, there are people out there who use it for
documentation--I've seen it!

Catherine





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