Comments on: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/22/sir-lawrence-alma-tadema/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pauline Bird http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/22/sir-lawrence-alma-tadema/comment-page-1/#comment-31003 Pauline Bird Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:28:58 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=111#comment-31003 looking for a [painting/print by Tadema or copyist which my grandfather had on his bedroom wall. It showed three young girls on the usual marble balcony and some cherry? blossom behind them.I loved it and have looked for a copy for years as it was disposed of at his death. I am now 65 and would like to find it if you can help in any way. Have looked on many sites,some Godward and Leighton. Pauline looking for a [painting/print by Tadema or copyist which my grandfather had on his bedroom wall. It showed three young girls on the usual marble balcony and some cherry? blossom behind them.I loved it and have looked for a copy for years as it was disposed of at his death. I am now 65 and would like to find it if you can help in any way. Have looked on many sites,some Godward and Leighton.

Pauline

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/22/sir-lawrence-alma-tadema/comment-page-1/#comment-25024 Charley Parker Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:42:22 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=111#comment-25024 Eric, I learned it the same as you at first but was corrected by someone, and have used the latter pronunciation since. You're probably right though, given the English penchant for deliberately mis-pronouncing words adapted from continental languages, it's probably very different in his original language. BWT, your comment reminded me to pull out and finish a post on another artist we've talked about before, in a similar vein, Bourguereau. Eric,

I learned it the same as you at first but was corrected by someone, and have used the latter pronunciation since. You’re probably right though, given the English penchant for deliberately mis-pronouncing words adapted from continental languages, it’s probably very different in his original language.

BWT, your comment reminded me to pull out and finish a post on another artist we’ve talked about before, in a similar vein, Bourguereau.

]]> By: Eric http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/22/sir-lawrence-alma-tadema/comment-page-1/#comment-24792 Eric Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:15:46 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=111#comment-24792 I recently learned that the British pronouce Larry's name, "TAD-a-mah. I was taught in my college art history class to pronouce it "ta-DAME-ah" - which I like much better. Being a Dutch name, both are probably wrong. E I recently learned that the British pronouce Larry’s name, “TAD-a-mah.

I was taught in my college art history class to pronouce it “ta-DAME-ah” – which I like much better.

Being a Dutch name, both are probably wrong.

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]]> By: Hannah L. Migliavacca http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/22/sir-lawrence-alma-tadema/comment-page-1/#comment-18386 Hannah L. Migliavacca Sun, 24 Dec 2006 03:01:51 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=111#comment-18386 I was introduced to Sir Lawrence´painting when I was about five years old, through the pages of "Highroads in Literature" which were illustrated with Preraphaelite art. For me, in those early days of my life, that was the only possible art. After more than half a century I have widened my scope on the subject, of course. But still, no matter what, this kind of Art, deserves the capital A. "A,number one", should we say? I was introduced to Sir Lawrence´painting when I was about five years old, through the pages of “Highroads in Literature” which were illustrated with Preraphaelite art. For me, in those early days of my life, that was the only possible art. After more than half a century I have widened my scope on the subject, of course. But still, no matter what, this kind of Art, deserves the capital A. “A,number one”, should we say?

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/22/sir-lawrence-alma-tadema/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Charley Parker Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:45:52 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=111#comment-77 I'd like to know if that thrift store is continuing to offer deals like that! Ever since western art moved out from under the strict dominance of the church, "eye candy" has been part of the tradition. Boucher and Fragonard spring to mind. Even Rubens can be tagged with that label at times. But when the modernists gained control of the aesthetics agenda, almost all 19th Century Academic art got placed in that box. Nice to see it being taken out and dusted off. I’d like to know if that thrift store is continuing to offer deals like that!

Ever since western art moved out from under the strict dominance of the church, “eye candy” has been part of the tradition. Boucher and Fragonard spring to mind. Even Rubens can be tagged with that label at times. But when the modernists gained control of the aesthetics agenda, almost all 19th Century Academic art got placed in that box. Nice to see it being taken out and dusted off.

]]> By: Eric Lee Smith http://www.linesandcolors.com/2005/12/22/sir-lawrence-alma-tadema/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Eric Lee Smith Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:21:25 +0000 http://linesandcolors.com/?p=111#comment-76 I own a Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema etching which I bought in a thrift store in 1989 for $120, framed. It probably cost $250 dollars in 1910. I have always been fascinated by Sir A-T and consider my thrift shop purchase one of the best purchases of my life. The etching is 16"x20" or so, with a huge original frame, and shows St Jerome attempting to convert a female follower of Bacus. Alma-Tadema was so popular in his lifetime that his etchings became cliches of home decoration before World War 1. Faulkner notes this in his book "The Hamlet," if memory serves. It has always amused me that Ruskin, the great 19th century art critic, called A-T, "the worst painter of the 19th century," and that other critics came to regard him as a hack. Well, he is a hack, I agree with that, but he can PAINT. His canvases are lucious, even though a you could write software to generate his compositions. From being knighted to being forgotten within 20 years is quite a story and it warms my heart that more people are finding out about this talented, if predictable, artist. I own a Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema etching which I bought in a thrift store in 1989 for $120, framed. It probably cost $250 dollars in 1910. I have always been fascinated by Sir A-T and consider my thrift shop purchase one of the best purchases of my life. The etching is 16″x20″ or so, with a huge original frame, and shows St Jerome attempting to convert a female follower of Bacus. Alma-Tadema was so popular in his lifetime that his etchings became cliches of home decoration before World War 1. Faulkner notes this in his book “The Hamlet,” if memory serves. It has always amused me that Ruskin, the great 19th century art critic, called A-T, “the worst painter of the 19th century,” and that other critics came to regard him as a hack. Well, he is a hack, I agree with that, but he can PAINT. His canvases are lucious, even though a you could write software to generate his compositions. From being knighted to being forgotten within 20 years is quite a story and it warms my heart that more people are finding out about this talented, if predictable, artist.

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