Fury as gallery removes Victorian Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece of pubescent naked nymphs [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | February 1, 2018 | Amie Gordon

[C19fan]

A leading art gallery is facing a furious backlash after taking down a Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece in a bid to 'provoke debate'. Manchester Art Gallery has temporarily removed John William Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs in an attempt to rethink historical artwork that 'presents the female body as either a 'passive decorative form' or a 'femme fatale'.'

[SunkenCiv]

No, these women appear to be attractive. Actually, they’re probably one of the PRB’s favorite models, and they were largely prostitutes. Oh, wait...

[Sirius Lee]

The times we live in...

[SunkenCiv]

His former house was, alas, damaged or perhaps destroyed during the Blitz; reportedly his grand piano which was “defaced” by dozens of autographs by his famous guests and patrons, definitely did not survive the bombings.

Odd how his work fell off the map for decades — as you’re no doubt aware, TV’s Allen Funt (”Candid Camera”) nearly singlehandedly revived interest in Alma-Tadema, when he ran across “The Finding of Moses”, which had been thrown out as trash at least twice during the 20th century, but recently sold at auction for $36 million.

[SunkenCiv]

If they made the threats in person, but that would mean they’d have been in the museum, which isn’t likely (unless there was jihad training in one of their conference rooms). And they probably wouldn’t be able to write a threatening note...

[mairdie]

No I didn’t know. You’re a font of wondrous, fun information.

[Daffynition]

Who am I to say? A new chemistry ...I wonder what Laurie Anderson would say?

what next big sky? Strange angels
- singing just for me
their spare change falls on top of me
rain falling
falling all over me

[Daffynition]

You scared me.

How is Musket? Geesh, I can’t remember his name. Dang!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Imagine if they did that painting today. All those girls would be covered in tattoos and piercings.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, of course, sometimes I just flat out lie. ;^)

[mairdie]

That’s alright. I’ll never know the difference. Just make it imaginative and fun!

[SunkenCiv]

The models (see that pic Daffynition posted) -- most emphatically including Jane Burden Morris -- were always portrayed as ideal beauty, so a few piercings and tattoos would be omitted, or might be increased, depending on the artist's fetish. :^) Dante G Rossetti had a serious substance abuse problem.

[ml/nj]

Nice. I've always liked this one:

But then I've been a Bouguereau since I learned to appreciate this stuff.

ML/NJ

[SunkenCiv]

And if ya get tired of one, there are about a billion others. I’m also a fan of B.

[SunkenCiv]

and Lord Leighton.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Lord+Leighton&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&tbm=isch