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Apr 17, 2016 · Shakespeare’s double life, as both an English and a universal artist (poet and playwright), begins with the First Folio of 1623. His friend Ben Jonson, addressing “the Reader”, initially says...
Dec 8, 2023 · Some of the characters and plots in William Shakespeare’s works come directly from ancient and modern sources. Our Library exhibition Will’s World—European Literature in Shakespeare’s time explores the classic and modern writing that inspired the English playwright.
William Shakespeare's influence extends from theater and literatures to present-day movies, Western philosophy, and the English language itself. William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the history of the English language, [1] and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
By the mid-nineteenth century, art devoted to Shakespeare was an international phenomenon. Paintings treating the plays or representing actors in character were exhibited in Britain, Germany, France, and America; innumerable reproductive prints circulated; and illustrated editions of the plays were available in several languages.
Apr 8, 2024 · William Shakespeare’s plays inspired some of the most iconic paintings in art history. Henry Fuseli and John Singer Sargent painted scenes from Macbeth. Fuseli also put a painterly spin on Titania and Bottom from A Midsummer Night’s Dream , and so did Edwin Landseer.
Sep 28, 2012 · The Venice Biennale, the art world’s most prestigious exhibition, opened recently to some fanfare, some criticism and a number of protests. Here’s a look at some of the standouts from the...
A tour through Shakespeare’s influence on art, from Renaissance engraving to post-pop painting, eighteenth-century cartoons to vast Sturm und Drang landscapes, would encompass thousands of works, but here’s a highly selective – and personal – list of five favourites.
