tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post6599161262773272892..comments2024-03-25T18:27:37.374+00:00Comments on The Kissed Mouth: Last Summer Green Things Were Greener...Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-70387248536543222382019-07-08T14:15:25.778+01:002019-07-08T14:15:25.778+01:00I was doing a research about pre-raphaelites and I...I was doing a research about pre-raphaelites and I casually discovered your blog. It's amazing !Riccardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332960277705843468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-12294111651464719992012-11-26T16:30:17.744+00:002012-11-26T16:30:17.744+00:00What happened in India is very important in terms ...What happened in India is very important in terms of understanding England's attitude to other countries and other nationalities within the Commonwealth. It is a fascinating period in our history. The reaction of art to that complex event is also very enlightening and interesting, as it gives a window to popular opinion of the time and I was surprised that it wasn't more horribly jingoistic (although some of it is quite grim). <br /><br />Hopefully I'll do more talks and I'll meet you all at some point!Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-50940445704681742312012-11-26T13:06:08.188+00:002012-11-26T13:06:08.188+00:00Thanks for yet another wonderful post. I've be...Thanks for yet another wonderful post. I've been following this blog for 1 year now! I'm glad the talk in Bournemouth went so well. Sadly I wasn't able to attend (we did visit the Russell Coates in August - the whole time I was thinking, the great Mr Walker is somewhere on these premises! Anyway back to today's post: I've recently been reading "The Last Moghul" by William Dalrymple. It was very interesting to see the two pictures which related to the Indian mutiny. It was truly a horrific period in British history - the cold blooded slaughter of any British men, women and children that the sepoys could get their hands on. Then the even more terrible revenge inflicted on the Indians by the British army - the destruction of virtually the whole population of Delhi regardless of whether they were involved. It truly was the darkest period in the history of the British army. I can understand the public anger back in Britain when they heard of the slaughter of British civilians in Delhi, Lucknore and at Cawnpore and the desire for revenge (eg Charles Dickens called for every sepoy to be blasted from cannons!). But it's interesting to see how this spilled over into the art of the day - art as militaristic propaganda justifying terrible revenge?<br /><br /><br />WoofWoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142792485921452481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-49586764915863789222012-11-12T14:19:58.909+00:002012-11-12T14:19:58.909+00:00Thanks Nancy, the pictures are so touching and qui...Thanks Nancy, the pictures are so touching and quietly powerful. I'm glad you enjoyed the piece.Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-33756765347784140292012-11-12T05:57:14.563+00:002012-11-12T05:57:14.563+00:00What a wonderful thing you have written and the pa...What a wonderful thing you have written and the paintings are soo appropriate. Thank you. Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200245194489874517noreply@blogger.com