tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post681160778817454513..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: FuseliNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-57669477723092812872021-02-08T18:40:45.569+00:002021-02-08T18:40:45.569+00:00Yes, they certainly have their place in Art Histor...Yes, they certainly have their place in Art History. I often think that those artists who stand outside their time and can't be so easily classified get a bit of a raw deal.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-41121219253773385912021-02-08T16:24:23.662+00:002021-02-08T16:24:23.662+00:00I find Fuseli rather fascinating. I'm not sure...I find Fuseli rather fascinating. I'm not sure if it's for artistic merit or, rather, because he represents so well aspects of his very distinctive 'Romantic' age. I feel the same way about David. You can sense what was going on at the time through such artists - the rise of rationalism and the reaction against it etcGuy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-28358696070848986542021-02-08T14:52:40.599+00:002021-02-08T14:52:40.599+00:00Yes, and quite a lot of it is downright bad, espec...Yes, and quite a lot of it is downright bad, especially the art. There are real flashes of genius in his poetry though, I think...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-54909216252359018132021-02-08T14:01:05.289+00:002021-02-08T14:01:05.289+00:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rowlandson_Cove...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rowlandson_Covent_Garden_Night_Mare.jpg<br /><br />Rowlandson's parody of 'The Nightmare' featuring Charles James Fox is still very funny! Cruikshank also parodied it. <br /><br />There seems to be a conspiracy of silence among Blake scholars about the fact a lot of his poetry and art is inadvertently funny - '"Dark Virgin", said the hairy Youth...' etcHectornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-27888176768773372792021-02-08T11:04:44.025+00:002021-02-08T11:04:44.025+00:00Yes, a lot of unconscious comedy in Fuseli (and in...Yes, a lot of unconscious comedy in Fuseli (and in Blake, come to that). The Nightmare is often used in newspaper cartoons, memes, etc, isn't it?Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-75099186919653893842021-02-07T23:43:32.218+00:002021-02-07T23:43:32.218+00:00I've always found 'The Nightmare' quit...I've always found 'The Nightmare' quite funny. I can't help but imagine the rather scandalised-looking horse making some sort of saucy horse noise at the scene it has suddenly intruded upon.Hectornoreply@blogger.com