The Millennium Art Gallery is currently showing a very impressive exhibition on landscape following Ruskin's taste. It is called Force of Nature: Picturing Ruskin's Landscape. Not all the artists featured are British, nor 19th century, but the whole thing is great. No pictures inside but I specially loved Turner's and Millais' paintings (what a surprise), although some Italian landscapes where quite astonishing too.
As I said, the different works in the collection are not similar, they are connected through Ruskin's ideas of the landscape and the most evident ones are the representation of its grandeur and the perception of its light and colours. Some of the Italian landscapes show as much detail they even seem photographs but then Turner and Millais are masters of colour and of capturing a landscape with a much less precise stroke.
The Moon is Up, and Yet it is not Night, Millais (1890).
There is also a permanent collection called the Ruskin Collection which is quite inspiring. They have great pieces showing Ruskin's love for both nature and architecture.
At least they show the face of the person who collected all these marvellous things...
It is not really worth posting the pics of Medieval prayer books because you can't appreciate the amazing details they have.
Also...yum.
Moving on to the Graves Art Gallery, there are great portraits there and lots of 18th and 19th century awesome works. Namely:
Burne-Jones' allegorical painting The Hours (1882)
And this one here which was new for me but with a well-known topic...
The Lady of Shalott by William Maw Egley (1858)
The Lady of Shalott by William Maw Egley (1858)
Had lots of fun, I'll be exploring more things these days, hope I discover new treasures!
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