Le travail présenté sur ce site est constitué par mes notes de recherche. Il a principalement été réalisé entre 2007 et 2019 alors que je poursuivais des études de baccalauréat, de maîtrise et de doctorat en histoire de l'art. Mes questions de recherche portaient sur les expositions organisées à Montréal entre 1860 et 1920, principalement les expositions d'œuvres prêtées à l'Art Association of Montreal devenue depuis le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. Le contenu est donc fortement orienté dans cette direction. Malgré tout, j'espère qu'il saura vous renseigner sur des aspects de cette période de notre passé artistique. Vous pouvez accéder à l'accueil des notes de recherche ou retourner sur l'accueil du site marcgauthier.com.
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* 2017 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Warned by an oracle that his daughter's son would one day kill him, Acrisius, King of Argos, decided to imprison his daughter in a tower of brass. His efforts were in vain for Danae did have a son, Perseus, by Zeus who, having changed himself into a shower of gold entered the prison through the roof. The prophecy was fulfilled when Perseus accidentally killed his grandfather during games held in his honour by the King of Larissa.
The picture is characteristically full of natural details and rich colours, but its most compelling aspect is the emotional tension between Danae and the men in the background as she anxiously watches them at work. Burne-Jones said that his intention was to create 'a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was, never will be – in a light better than any light that ever shone – in a land no one can define or remember, only desire ...'. One of the most stunning Pre-Raphaelite pictures in the collection, the subject is based on a story from Greek mythology. This painting, the third and largest version of the subject, was purchased from the artist by William Connal, a Glasgow pig-iron manufacturer in 1888, who gave it to Glasgow Museums in 1901.
1887–1888
oil on panel
231.1 x 113 cm
936
gift from William Connal, 1901
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/danae-the-tower-of-brass-83411
Page consultée le 9 mai 2017
* AAM 1889:
"Acrisius, King of Argos, having dreamed that he should be slain by the son of his daughter Danaë, built a brazen tower in which to imprison her as long as she lived, thinking so to escape his fate."
The central panel of a set of three works (the other two being 'The Rock of Doom" and "The Doom fulfilled") illustrations of Wm. Morris's poem, "The doom of King Acrisius," in "The Earthly Paradise," they were first exhibited in the New Gallery, May 1888.
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