My impressions about pre-raphaelite collection in the Art gallery of South Australia.
The collection of paintings,created by pre-raphaelites is divided into two parts :pictures by members of pre-rapaelite brotherhood(Hunt, Burne-Jones)(ground floor) and paintings by their followers(1st floor).It wasn't very easy for me to find an amazingly beautiful room with Tiffany glass windows,furniture and textile by Morris and Co(almost all pre-raphaelits participated in creating designs for this company) where there were wonderful pictures like ''Perseus and Andromeda''by Burne-Jones.
Creative work of Burne-Jones is represented rather well in this gallery:there was a book with illustrations, a tapestry (''Adoration of the Magy'') and a painting illustrating many-sided personality of this outstanding representative of pre-rapaelite movement.The tapestry is interesting from the point of view that it was the most popular ecclesiastical work ever produced by Morris and Co .
It was wery interesting to see the work of this painter in different media.
In this room(so called Morris room) there was also a painting by the founder of PRB -W.H.Hunt.It was called'' Christ and two Marys''.The work impressed me by it's unusual and beautiful color combinations (violet with blue and green).The work itself was very unusual-Christ was more realistic then in the works created before by other artists.
Morris's room astounded me most of all by textile and wallpaper designed by Pre-raphaelits.It was more then just beautiful-it was incredibly wonderfull.It was so impessive that I returned to this room two more times in following days.I want to have the same upholstery,curtains as in the exhibition.Walking in this room I was thinking why the people who created such a beauty and surrounded themselves by it were so unhappy in their life?Beautiful and harmonious homes and paintings doesn't bring happiness -that what was I thinking about in this room.
Second part of collection is exhibited in a beatifuul room with Rodin's sculptures.The pictures that I liked most of all were -''Priestess of Dephi'' by John Collier and ''Circe Invidiosa'' by J.W.Waterhouse.
The first painting stroke me by its beautiful shades of dark colour of the clothes of this priestess.The woman depicted in the painting was gorgeous ,very rare type of beauty.Combination of precise detailes of this work of art and bright ,shining colors produced the effect that impressed me.
The second painting depicts a woman that is putting poison into the sea water to turn her rival into the monster.The woman is actually standing on a sea-monster.Dramatic effect of this picture was created by contrast of cold green and black-the main colors of this work.Those colors symbolise awful,vile intentions of the woman.The dress of the heroine is shimmering with different nuances of green and blue- definitely very nice powerful picture.
My visit to the Art gallery of South Australia was extremely pleasant,cognitive and I think that collection of pre-raphaelits in it is one of the best in Australia.
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