"Leighton was fond of making these pictures of medievalism which, to be sure, have the same sort of fan-service sourness that many of the Pre-Raphaelites indulged in: Iβm being too forcefully invited to stare at the pretty girl, and I donβt like it."
Excellent article, but this made me pause and appreciate how different the the visual art-critical mind is from mine. It wouldnt occur to me to say this. It's a painting! Of course i'm invited to look arent I?
"Leighton was fond of making these pictures of medievalism which, to be sure, have the same sort of fan-service sourness that many of the Pre-Raphaelites indulged in: Iβm being too forcefully invited to stare at the pretty girl, and I donβt like it."
Excellent article, but this made me pause and appreciate how different the the visual art-critical mind is from mine. It wouldnt occur to me to say this. It's a painting! Of course i'm invited to look arent I?
Yeah, art critics are always talking about what an artwork is βdoing.β