Do I have to mention that one of them specialised on Italian Baroque painting. Is there anything more traditional to do?
Hee. Maybe the Italian Renaissance? That seemed to be the chosen field of most of my fellow students. I think at least three of them ended up doing a masters on Raphael. ;) But at any rate Italian Baroque is a definite classic.
But it is sad that the "classic" version of European Art History is so narrow. I visited Sweden this April, and was struck by how little I knew about Swedish art - even if it is a neighbouring country. Thankfully I've also discovered some art through LJ. alexandral on my f-list occasionally posts about art, and her posts are a always a joy to read. There is one about Vrubel here (http://alexandral.livejournal.com/101204.html#cutid1) and one about Hammarshøi here (http://alexandral.livejournal.com/146019.html#cutid1).
reading the comic books of Prince Valiant and other related stuff etc.
yay! I loved Prince Valiant as a child too, and I still find Hal Fosters drawings to be very good. (though somewhat historically incorrect - but that is part of the fun I guess.)
So I took Great Britain instead and was rather happy about this, because so I could work on English art as well which I am still very interested in. Beardsley's drawings to Malory's Morte D'Arthur (that's the text source for Tristan in the UK) are simply fantastic...
Beardsley is wonderful, and I can see how this would be a fascinating subject. Speaking of the Arthur saga. A few years ago I was in Normandy and Bretagne and was surprised to find that the French had their own version of the Arthur myth with Merlin in Broceliande and so forth. Do you know if the French have a tradition for illustrating the Arthur myths as well?
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Date: 2007-09-28 12:10 pm (UTC)Hee. Maybe the Italian Renaissance? That seemed to be the chosen field of most of my fellow students. I think at least three of them ended up doing a masters on Raphael. ;) But at any rate Italian Baroque is a definite classic.
But it is sad that the "classic" version of European Art History is so narrow. I visited Sweden this April, and was struck by how little I knew about Swedish art - even if it is a neighbouring country.
Thankfully I've also discovered some art through LJ.
reading the comic books of Prince Valiant and other related stuff etc.
yay! I loved Prince Valiant as a child too, and I still find Hal Fosters drawings to be very good. (though somewhat historically incorrect - but that is part of the fun I guess.)
So I took Great Britain instead and was rather happy about this, because so I could work on English art as well which I am still very interested in. Beardsley's drawings to Malory's Morte D'Arthur (that's the text source for Tristan in the UK) are simply fantastic...
Beardsley is wonderful, and I can see how this would be a fascinating subject. Speaking of the Arthur saga. A few years ago I was in Normandy and Bretagne and was surprised to find that the French had their own version of the Arthur myth with Merlin in Broceliande and so forth. Do you know if the French have a tradition for illustrating the Arthur myths as well?