UNIT 3

British Painting

Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse

Prompt 2

 

Sir Joshua Reynolds –

influential, the "Grand Style", idealization of the imperfect, one of the founders,  the first President, knighted him

 

Subject –

English dramatic art, impersonation of the tragic heroines of Shakespeare, maturity and experience for interpretation, the highest admiration, on the threshold of her great career, the old Greek mythology,  goddess or muse, Melpomene, the stress of strong emotion, a tiara like a royal diadem, rope of pearls

 

Composition -

allegorical figures, primary causes of tragedy, a sombre magnificence, insight, to anticipate