The Love Song, 1868–77, Oil on canvas, 45 x 61 3/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British

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The Love Song, 1868–77, Oil on canvas, 45 x 61 3/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Birmingham 1833–1898 Fulham), Burne-Jones associated this painting with a refrain from a Breton folk ballad: 'Alas, I know a love song, / Sad or happy, each in turn.' Drawing inspiration from the gothicizing Pre-Raphaelite movement, the artist conjured a twilight scene with a richly romantic, medieval air, enhanced by allusions to Italian Renaissance art, from the warm, dewy colors to the gracious figures and original frame, which recalls sixteenth-and-seventeenth-century Venetian designs

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Size: 5126px × 3757px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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