Word: tadema
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...into notoriety. Too easy publicity prevents the artist of to-day from standing out as did the masters of old. We do not know our great men. In art we want the work of the great artist pointed out to us. We love Routine. We want to see a Tadema or a Millais, but always expect to have it pointed out to us, and the result of this vicious practice has crept into every branch of art. The public exercises an irresistable coercian over the artist. The true artist is kept in misery by this tyrany. He is compelled...
With suitable draperiesand the weird light, shed by the solitary candle at the end of the hall, we can imagine no scene more solemn and impressive. It would combine the classic beauty of one of Alma-Tadema's pictures with all the sombre melancholy of modern realism...