Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Mrs Figg Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:22 pm
I am serious. this video nearly killed me.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Mrs Figg Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:36 pm
final coup de grace to the heart.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:07 pm
Mrs Figg wrote:I am serious. this video nearly killed me.
Eclectic and exquisite. How often does one put those two words together?
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:19 pm
Mrs Figg wrote:final coup de grace to the heart.
Is that you Julia in the black and white dress? The man looks like an accountant somehow. Why do some accountants have all the luck?
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:28 pm
Mrs Figg wrote:
Okay senses satiated now back to the earlier clips...
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Mrs Figg Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:59 pm
Orwell wrote:Mrs Figg wrote:final coup de grace to the heart.
Is that you Julia in the black and white dress? The man looks like an accountant somehow. Why do some accountants have all the luck?
no its not. she has way too many teeth.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Mrs Figg Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:03 pm
Eldorion wrote:That's quite a bit of viewing in here.
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.
I forgot to mention that Morris was obsessed by Norse mythology as well as Arthurian legends.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/williammorris/exhibition/04translator.html
http://morrisedition.lib.uiowa.edu/translationsoldicelandicintroBurnsSagas.html
http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/BURNEJONESART.html
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:05 pm
I'm not sure I have enough years left in me to watch all these Julia.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Mrs Figg Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:20 pm
ok I will leave it at that for a good while. I went a bit bananas.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by halfwise Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:12 am
Good Gad. I disappear for a few days and come back to find a solid day's worth of videos to watch. This may take a month.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:10 am
Good - now I can hope to catch up. 
Looking at the African Kingdoms at the mo, Julia(halfway thru last night and about to watch the rest very shortly) then only (approximately) 87 others to watch.
Looking at the African Kingdoms at the mo, Julia(halfway thru last night and about to watch the rest very shortly) then only (approximately) 87 others to watch.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:01 am
Mrs Figg wrote:I suppose I had better start at the beginning......
Hey, this was hardly an art vid. Lucky I enjoy ancient history or else I might complain bitterly.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:09 am
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This not strictly art at alll, Julia!!! Meet the Romans! What a rip off! I might come back to this, but I was promised art history, not Roman history with maybe some art and architecture mentioned here and there!!
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:10 am
Mrs Figg wrote:
That was damnatedly awesome!
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:04 am
Mrs Figg wrote:
I am not at all interested in Adolf Hitler but I know a lot about him, of Whistler All I knew about was a picture of his Mother - until I watched this documentary, that was. Just how fucked is the universe? Pretty fucked!
For the record, I like his landscapes but I love his females.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:24 am
Mrs Figg wrote:
Interesting but ultimately too industrial for me.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:35 am
Mrs Figg wrote:Paxo talks fairies.
Fascinating but where is the rest of it? You're a witch, Julia!
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:56 am
Mrs Figg wrote:
Another incomplete vid. Julia!,,
All these vids, so disparate and interesting. I'm really enjoying exploring Youtubeland through the prism of someone else's choices, but my mind has got so boggled I don't know who I want to be anymore. I must talk to Ol' Anon a about it.
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Re: Mrs Figg's Art History Thread
by Orwell Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:28 am
Mrs Figg wrote:
Excellent. Now I'm off to research Richard Dadd a bit. Goodnight, Mrs Figg.
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