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To: Rembrandt_fan
I like some of the pre-Raphaelites, but not because they are representational (quite the contrary - I suppose you could call it hyper-realism, but it isn't really. It's almost hallucinatory.)

The one I REALLY can't stand is Rosetti, because he can neither draw nor handle perspective. More or less a poseur.

But Holman Hunt has his moments.




18 posted on 08/22/2005 12:52:37 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: AnAmericanMother
Do you have titles for the last four pieces? I know the Lady of Shallot as the third one down, and it is stunning in person (much lighter and full of detail). But the one at the top has me stumped.

I don't like the pre-Raphaelites very much; too much detail and distraction for me, I think. Also, I never got how they were like the "primitives" before Raphael. They always seem super-sophisticated to me. Some people swear by them, and there are some good pieces (like Rossetti's Annunciation below). I guess I just like simpler works.

19 posted on 08/22/2005 1:23:22 PM PDT by Republicanprofessor
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