Showing posts with label Edmund Blair Leighton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edmund Blair Leighton. Show all posts

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Outdoor Scenes in Paintings of the 1800's

Garden of Poppies
by Edmund B. Leighton, English, 1852-1922

An Apple for the Boatman
Edmund B. Leighton

Boreas
by William John Waterhouse
1849-1917,  English

Playing with the Kitten
by Ernest Walbourne, English, 1872-1927


Love at First Sight by Marcus Stone
English, 1840-1921

be sure to click on the pictures for more detailed views!


Lilacs, by Edmund Blair Leighton


Compare the visual effect of the garments above, to the description by an image consultant, of the woeful American styles:

I tell you, women everywhere in India at all economic levels wear sarees.  The societal effect is lovely to behold.  Sadly, most young people want to imitate American youth in tattered jeans and T-shirts.  Having been exposed to honestly impoverished men preserving their dignity by wearing collared shirts and women in sarees, I am even more incensed by our ugly American way of wearing pretentious poverty chic.*


*Judith Rasband, Conselle Image Consutant