Burne-Jones at The Tate Britain
What a great way to spend a Sunday morning. You can drive into town no hassle, park on a single yellow line right behind The Tate no hassle, have a good goggle at the work on show and be back home again in time for lunch!
I hope you were lucky enough to see this show!. We all know about the beautiful women with flowing hair but the other work on display was a bit of a game changer! In case you missed it, here are some highlights to enjoy ……..
This beautifully painted piano is enchanting from all angles and left me thinking about hanging my brushes up!
Here is a close up of that gorgeous work
Then there were the tapestries. I have a particular interest in them because of the Sheldon history. We were tapestry makers in the 17th century as it turns out! but this is spectacular and on a huge scale.
Moving on from the woven ……… What really excited me though was the beautifully sensitive use of texture (my thing) which evokes a feeling of joy to look at. I managed to get a few close ups to really study the work at home. This is silver leaf can you believe? He has laid it over gesso and worked and worked it so that it looks like sheets of actual metal armour laid down there. He even had someone make up a suit of armour that he could study for authenticity in his design.
The same goes for the gold leaf work on the same piece where the gesso gives a flowing almost fabric like texture to the surface. this is set against the highly burnished gold leaf plate above.
These two little guys below are close ups of stained glass windows on display
I loved the 3D feel about the painted image. My mind has gone to glass table tops and bedside tables!
And then there is the reflection of what has been enjoyed in the peaceful foyer afterwards.
And time to go outside again to darkening sky as the day ends on the iconic MI6 building over on the other side of the Thames Embankment
I hope you have enjoyed joining my Sunday excursion and feel as inspired as I do!
A note to end on and wonder about
For Edward Burne- Jones his work represented “the antidote to the crude ugliness and rampant materialism he believed was degrading modern Britain”. More like this please!
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x Jane