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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON. VIVIEN AND MERLIN

Vivien and Merlin. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815-1879 Kalutara, Ceylon). Dimensions: 30.4 x 25.3 cm (11 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. ). Date: 1874.
In 1874, Julia Margaret Cameron was asked by her friend and neighbor Alfred, Lord Tennyson to illustrate a new edition of his Idylls of the King, a recasting of the Arthurian legend in which the poet laureate projected the downfall of Victorian society. Compared to earlier editions illustrated by Gustave Doré and by Pre-Raphaelite artists, Cameron's folio, with twelve large original photographs and a frontispiece portrait of Tennyson himself, was decidedly extravagant. Cameron lavished great care on this, her last project, making 180 exposures of her family and friends posed as living embodiments of the moralizing episodes.
Here we see the photographer's husband, Henry Hay Cameron, posed as Tennyson's Merlin-"an old darling," according to Cameron-the magician whose purity was the wellspring of his power, and an unidentified girl playing the harlot Vivien, who enchants him. Mr. Cameron, very much in character as Tennyson's Merlin, stands before "the hollow oak" (carried in from Tennyson's property), "lost to life and use, and name and fame." The picture succeeds through the language of gesture: Vivien's turning, pointing attitude (which Cameron aptly termed "piquante") and Merlin's dreamlike trance make this the image incarnate of the casting of a spell.

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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879)

Título:

VIVIEN AND MERLIN

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Vivien and Merlin. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815-1879 Kalutara, Ceylon). Dimensions: 30.4 x 25.3 cm (11 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. ). Date: 1874. In 1874, Julia Margaret Cameron was asked by her friend and neighbor Alfred, Lord Tennyson to illustrate a new edition of his Idylls of the King, a recasting of the Arthurian legend in which the poet laureate projected the downfall of Victorian society. Compared to earlier editions illustrated by Gustave Doré and by Pre-Raphaelite artists, Cameron's folio, with twelve large original photographs and a frontispiece portrait of Tennyson himself, was decidedly extravagant. Cameron lavished great care on this, her last project, making 180 exposures of her family and friends posed as living embodiments of the moralizing episodes. Here we see the photographer's husband, Henry Hay Cameron, posed as Tennyson's Merlin-"an old darling," according to Cameron-the magician whose purity was the wellspring of his power, and an unidentified girl playing the harlot Vivien, who enchants him. Mr. Cameron, very much in character as Tennyson's Merlin, stands before "the hollow oak" (carried in from Tennyson's property), "lost to life and use, and name and fame." The picture succeeds through the language of gesture: Vivien's turning, pointing attitude (which Cameron aptly termed "piquante") and Merlin's dreamlike trance make this the image incarnate of the casting of a spell.

Técnica/material:

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Museo:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Crédito:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen:

3072 x 4080 px | 35.9 MB

Tamaño impresión:

26.0 x 34.5 cm | 10.2 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)

Palabras clave:

ALBUMINA GRABADOS DE PLATA • EUROPA • FOTOGRAFÍAS • JULIA MARGARET CAMERON • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • REINO UNIDO