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🧵🌸Seguro que todos conocéis a la famosa Ofelia de John Everett Millais, icono del #prerrafaelismo Pero, ¿sabéis el significado oculto que esconden sus flores? En el hilo de hoy, hablamos de simbología #floral y prerrafaelismo
A lo largo de toda la Historia del Arte los artistas han usado las flores y sus significados para reforzar el mensaje del cuadro (o para esconder un mensaje secreto), pero esto toma fuerza en la Inglaterra victoriana gracias a la popularidad de los libros de botánica.
Los prerrafaelitas hacen mucho uso del lenguaje floral. Por ejemplo la Venus Verticordia de Rossetti, que representa la tentación y la división entre amor espiritual y amor carnal, está rodeada de rosas (símbolo de belleza) y de madreselva, asociado a la lujuria
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Once on a prosperous #trade route, now close to the Thar Desert, #Shekhawati region has almost slipped unnoticed in the #cultural landscape of #Rajasthan.The #havelis are painted in several registers #images r chosen carefully for their #location ImageImageImageImage
It’s easy to be overwhelmed with the range of #visualmaterial: #floral #design #animals, #deities tales of #Ramayana #Mahabharata scenes from daily life Read as #curator #arthistorian @a_appy takes you in a time machine in the by lanes of #shekhawati varnikadesigns.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/tig…
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