date
1884-89
artist
Fredric Lord Leighton
Original location
House of Lawrence Alma-Tadema
later bequeathed to
Tate gallery, London
materials
oil on canvas
commissioner
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Fredric Leighton was an _______ (nationality) ________ painter, born in __________ and travelled extensively around _______ to receive his artistic education
english, academic, Yorkshire, Europe
upon his return from his European travels back to _______ he befriended the _________
London, Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood
he became _________ (title) of __________ (institution) in _______ (date) and in ________ was ______ as 'Sir' Leighton
president, Royal Academy, 1873, 1878, knighted
Leighton was 1 of _____ artists who where asked to assist the decoration of the house of LAT at ___________________ in ___________ (location)
45, Grove end Road, St John's Wood
what was Leighton offered in exchange for his painting
one of LAT's one paintings
measurements
32 inch x 6 inch
the story of ______ and _____ was popular with artists of the late ______ (century) and the picture is typical of the __________ revival _______ art at this time
cupid, psyche, C19th, classical, Victorian
REASON FOR CLASSICAL REVIVAL: __________ (activity) reviving in _______ (location) allowed by the mechanism of the _______________
archaeology, Pompeii, industrial revolution
the story of psyche comes from ____________ written by the ancient _______ (region) poet _______________
the Golden Ass, roman, Lucius Apuleius
psyche was so _________ that no man dared to approach her as a ________
beautiful, suitor
an ________ (prophecy) told her parents to dress her up for _________ and ______ her
oracle, marriage, sacrifice
instead of sacrifice ______ transported her to his the enchanted __________
cupid, palace of cupid
what is cupid the god of
the god of love
psyche lived in the palace in a _________ state waited by _______ and each _______ Cupid would _________ to her
blissful, slaves, make love
cupid would only make love in the ________ so to not be ___________
dark, identified
in this painting Psyche is undressing to _______ she is completely __________ and her narcissism is captured in the ______ surface of the water
bathe, self-absorbed, smooth
Pysche's pose with ______ raised to reveal her ______ body derives from the _____________ (a famous _______ state that Leighton would have seen in his travels of _______ )
arms, naked, Callipygian Venus, Greek, Europe
location of Callipygian Venus
Capodimonte Museum, Naples
Leighton muted the _____ overtones of the statue that is _______ and instead chose a more modest ______ view of psyche's ________
racy, in the round, 3/4, flank
leighton also drew inspiration from _______ (nationality) __________ nudes like __________ (title) in ______ (date)
french, nationality, Ingres's La Source, 1856
Ingres's La Source pose is very similar by involving _________ and one _____ raised overhead
contrapposto, arm
the ______ (colour) drapery falling behind Leighton's psyche is evocative of cascading _______ replaces Ingres's ______ with cascading water
white, water, urn
Leighton's Psyche is notably less ___________ than Ingres's nude, Psyche's ______ are smaller and her _____ are narrower thus according with the _____ elegance and refinement of __________ style
curvy, breasts, hips, slender, academic
Psyche's reduced colour _______ juxtaposes the different shades of _______
palette, whites
while the _______ of the painting alludes to the __________ nothing about the imagery infers such
title, mythical narrative
Leighton chose a _______ moment devoid of _________ where a woman is gazing at her _________
generic, dramatic tension, reflection
this theme was portrayed in more ________ terms by __________ whose '__________________' depicts a ________ woman looking at herself in the ________ and adjusting her ________
modern, Berthe Morisot, before a psyche mirror, mirror, clothing
Leighton's association with _________ underscores the emphasis on vision of __________ and also shows it was a time of ___________
reflections, Aestheticism, reflection
____ year old _________ (name) was Leighton's favourite _______ and believed to have modelled for psyche.
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Leighton never __________ and died of _______ in _____ buried at ____________. His house has been turned into the _____________
married, angina, 1896, St. Pauls cathedral, Leighton house museum