23 Οκτ 2008

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (January 8, 1836 - June 25, 1912)



"Lawrence Alma-Tadema was one of the most renowned painters of late nineteenth century Britain. Universally admired for his superb draftsmanship and 'real to life' depictions of Classical antiquity he was much sought after by Victorian collectors who intimately connected with his vision. He so embraced the aspirations of his day that when the idealistic illusions of his age were shattered by modernism and the Great War his art fell from favour. Now, again, as the re-evaluation of that era is well underway his reputation is rebounding ..."
Vern G. Swanson's, Biographer

Paintings presented on the video:

-Who is it?
-Courtship
-Welcomed footsteps
-Preparations for the Festivities
-Gallo-Roman Women
-An Earthly Paradise
-A dedication to Bacchus
-A favorite custom
-The baths of Caracalla
-Whispering Noon
-The vintage Festival
-A harvest festival
-Boating
-A reading from Homer
-The women of Amfissa
-A Votive Offering (detail)
-Courtship, the proposal
-An Oleander
-A kiss
-A World of their own
-Comparisons
-Hopeful
-A cosign of vantage
-The Soldier of Marathon
-In the Peristyle
-Spring
-On the road to the Temple of Ceres
-Shy
-Pandora
-Xanthe and Phaon
-Thou Rose of all the Roses
-Among the ruins
-Portrait of a woman
-Under the Roof of Blue Ionian Weather
-The Friqidarium
-Sappho and Alcaeus
-The Pyrrich Dance
-Pottery Painting
-A Greek Woman
-Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends
-Bacchanalia
-Love's Jeweled Fetter
-The Way to the Temple
-Hero
-Poetry
-Water pets
-Promise of Spring
-Prose
-Midday slumbers.