Love and Hope in Pre-Raphaelite Storytelling. Online Talk
Thursday 15th February 2024, 6:30pm-7:30pm (GMT) Online Talk
When art collector Cecil French came across paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, such as Threads of Life (on display as part of our current exhibition Victorian Treasures from the Cecil French Bequest) he exclaimed that they cast a potent ‘spell’ with their ‘visionary strangeness’.
This online talk, led by art historian Ayla Lepine, will connect this quality of uncanny beauty with stories of love and hope in Pre-Raphaelite works of art by Edward Burne-Jones, William Waterhouse, and Robinson himself. Tales familiar to their audiences, from the Christmas story of the Nativity to the antics of Cupid and the twists and turns of good or bad luck, were depicted afresh by these revolutionary artists.
In drawing and painting scenes from Greek mythology, the Bible, and poetry by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Pre-Raphaelite artists forged a new way of seeing simultaneously into the past and the future, offering new perspectives on the beauty and anguish of love, and the persistence of hope.
Love and Hope in Pre-Raphaelite Storytelling is supported by The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust.
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- Please note that this is an online event delivered via Zoom. A dedicated link will be sent to all participants within the order confirmation email.
- Please note that this event will be recorded. Please read our Data protection for online events and recordings.
Meet Ayla Lepine
Ayla Lepine is an art historian and theologian, whose work focuses on modern British art and architecture. She was the 2021-22 Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery and is currently the Associate Rector at St James’s, Piccadilly. She publishes and lectures widely, and is writing a book on modern women artists and feminist theology.
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Thursday 15th February 2024, 6:30pm-7:30pm (GMT) Online Talk
When art collector Cecil French came across paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson, such as Threads of Life (on display as part of our current exhibition Victorian Treasures from the Cecil French Bequest) he exclaimed that they cast a potent ‘spell’ with their ‘visionary strangeness’.
This online talk, led by art historian Ayla Lepine, will connect this quality of uncanny beauty with stories of love and hope in Pre-Raphaelite works of art by Edward Burne-Jones, William Waterhouse, and Robinson himself. Tales familiar to their audiences, from the Christmas story of the Nativity to the antics of Cupid and the twists and turns of good or bad luck, were depicted afresh by these revolutionary artists.
In drawing and painting scenes from Greek mythology, the Bible, and poetry by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Pre-Raphaelite artists forged a new way of seeing simultaneously into the past and the future, offering new perspectives on the beauty and anguish of love, and the persistence of hope.
Love and Hope in Pre-Raphaelite Storytelling is supported by The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust.
Useful information
- Please note that this is an online event delivered via Zoom. A dedicated link will be sent to all participants within the order confirmation email.
- Please note that this event will be recorded. Please read our Data protection for online events and recordings.
Meet Ayla Lepine
Ayla Lepine is an art historian and theologian, whose work focuses on modern British art and architecture. She was the 2021-22 Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery and is currently the Associate Rector at St James’s, Piccadilly. She publishes and lectures widely, and is writing a book on modern women artists and feminist theology.
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