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not a recorder of the “right” sentiments

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Dave

Turner was perhaps the greatest of all British artists, but there was always the question of whether his most adventurous works were evidence of mental decay. Turner was the antithesis of Charles Eastlake, the head of the Royal Academy. Eastlake … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Capability Brown, Eugene Delacroix, fawkes, francis hawkesworth fawkes, JMW Turner, John Constable, John Ruskin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, lady eastlake, Simon Schama, sir charles lock eastlake | Leave a comment

academy of drab

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Dave

The Royal Academy. The general notion of the artist as wild man was quite out of place in the hey day of the Royal Academy. The notion of art as an enclosed world, obedient to its own laws only, did … Continue reading →