Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread

by Mrs Figg Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:48 pm

I suppose I had better start at the beginning......

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by **Orwell** Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:12 pm

I'll end up an Artiste the way this is going! Shocked

Who'd ever have thunk it???

by Mrs Figg Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:30 pm

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Paxo talks fairies.

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by **Orwell** Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:26 pm

Okay, I started at the beginning, Juliia. Wow! So many perspectives and parts of history new to me. The documentary itself was a sumptuous work of art. I don't think I have received so many emotional and psychological impacts in such concentration since reading Sylvia Plath's diaries. Wow! I need to rest awhile...

by Mrs Figg Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:33 pm

thanks Orwell. I really appreciate you taking a look. Kissing

theres a lot of things to absorb, maybe I should put a brake on the turbo so people can catch up..

by Mrs Figg Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:42 pm

this is what makes life worth living. I love you

by The Archet Bugle Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:48 pm

I figure it's already going to take ten years. But I'll deal with them one at a time as I have time. The ones at the beginning of the thread were some of them only a few minutes. The longer docs will take longer to watch I'm predicting. Very Happy

Orwell McOdo reporting for The Bugle. ( Embarassed

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by Mrs Figg Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:11 pm

try the last one first. just to get you in the mood. I love you

by **Orwell** Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:12 pm

I weakened and watched beautiful world. We seem to be totally engulfed by art at the moment. Maybe I'm thinking that there is Nature and then there is Human action, which, for better or worse, we call Art. I'll be writing poetry next the way things are going, Julia. Are you art-drugging me? If so, it's like 'wow' man - like 'wow!'

Edit: Damn woman, you read my impatient mind!

by Eldorion Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:03 pm

That's quite a bit of viewing in here. Shocked

Mrs Figg wrote:yes Eldo I think there is a strong connection. The Pre-Raphs were based in Oxford and Tolkien would have ben surrounded by their art, he would have been most influenced by William Morris who wanted to live in a more artisan based mediaeval atmosphere far away from the industrial Revolution.

Thanks Mrs Figg, that makes sense. I've heard a bit about the Tolkien-Morris connection in particular. Interesting stuff. Smile

by Eldorion Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:07 pm

Mrs Figg wrote:this is what makes life worth living.

Took your advice and watched this one first; it really is quite remarkable. Nod