Idleness
Idleness c1900 by British Painter John William Godward (1861 – 1922), roedd ei yrfa yn rhychwantu diwedd yr oes Neo-Glasurol. Peintiodd hefyd yn y Symboliaeth, Estheteg a Arddulliau Symud Celf Academaidd
A young beauty sits on a semi circular marble bench with a high back that overlooks a beautiful blue ocean and a what may be the White Cliffs of Dover to the far right.
Right behind the bench are some green plants that have violet, pink & white flowers on them that nicely compliment the color of the ocean.
The young lady is wearing a yellow gown that is tied to her person by a red ribbon sash that is wrapped around just below her breast line and around her shoulders; with a violet and blue cloth wrapped around her waist and she is also wearing strapped open sandal brown footwear.
On her left arm she is wearing a thin gold bracelet, and in her right hand she is holding a long peacock feather that she is teasing a cat with in a very leisurely manner.
Idleness is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a argraffu cynfas ar-lein.
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John William Godward oedd yr hynaf o bump o blant, ac fe'i enwyd ar ôl ei dad John a'i dad-cu William.
Arddangosodd yn yr Academi Frenhinol o 1887. Pan symudodd i'r Eidal gydag un o'i fodelau yn 1912, torrodd ei deulu bob cysylltiad ag ef a thorri ei ddelwedd o luniau teulu hyd yn oed. Dychwelodd Godward i Loegr yn 1921, bu farw yn 1922, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, Gorllewin Llundain.
One of his best-known paintings is Dolce far Niente (1904), which was purchased for the collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1995. As in the case of several other paintings, Godward painted more than one version; in this case, an earlier (and less well-known) 1897 version with a further 1906 version.
He committed suicide at the age of 61 a dywedir iddo ysgrifennu yn ei nodyn hunanladdiad hynny “nid yw'r byd yn ddigon mawr ar gyfer [y ddau] fy hun a Picasso”.
Ei deulu sydd wedi ymddieithrio, who had disapproved of his becoming an artist, were ashamed of his suicide and burned his papers. Only one photograph of Godward is known to survive.
Roedd Godward yn Neo-Clasurydd Fictoraidd, ac felly, mewn theori, un o ddilynwyr Frederic Leighton. Fodd bynnag, mae'n gysylltiedig yn agosach â Syr Lawrence Alma-Tadema o ran arddull, y rhannodd ef â phenchant ar gyfer rendro pensaernïaeth Glasurol - yn benodol, nodweddion tirwedd statig wedi'u hadeiladu o farmor.
Mae'r mwyafrif helaeth o ddelweddau sy'n bodoli gan Godward yn cynnwys menywod mewn gwisg glasurol yn erbyn nodweddion tirwedd; er bod rhai ffigurau lled-noethlymun a hollol noethlymun wedi'u cynnwys yn ei oeuvre, enghraifft nodedig yw “Yn Y Tepidarium c1913”.
A title shared with a controversial Alma-Tadema painting of the same subject that resides in the “Lady Lever Art Gallery”. The titles reflect Godward’s source of inspiration; which was classical civilization, most notably that of Ancient Rome; a subject binding Godward closely to Alma-Tadema artistically.
Given that Classical scholarship was more widespread among the potential audience for his paintings during his lifetime than in the present day, meticulous research of detail was important in order to attain a standing as an artist in this genre.
Alma-Tadema was an archaeologist as well as a painter, who attended historical sites and collected artifacts he later used in his paintings: Godward, too, studied such details as architecture and dress, in order to ensure that his works bore the stamp of authenticity.
Yn ychwanegol, Godward painstakingly and meticulously rendered other important features in his paintings, animal skins of which the paintings “Noon Day Rest c1910” a “A Cool Retreat c1910” contains examples of such rendition as well as wildflowers “Nerissa c1906” a “Summer Flowers c1903”.
The appearance of beautiful women in studied poses in so many of Godward’s canvases causes many newcomers to his works to categorize him mistakenly as being Pre-Raphaelite, particularly as his palette is often a vibrantly colorful one. The choice of subject matter (ancient civilization versus, er enghraifft, Arthurian legend) is more properly that of the Victorian Neo-classicist.
Yn yr un modd â nifer o beintwyr sy'n gyfoes ag ef, Roedd Godward yn ‘Breuddwydiwr Fictoraidd Uchel’, cynhyrchu delweddau o fyd delfrydol a rhamantus sydd, yn achos Godward ac Alma-Tadema, daeth i gael ei feirniadu fel golwg fyd-eang ar Fictoriaid mewn togas.
Godward “sefydlodd enw da yn gyflym am ei luniau o ferched ifanc mewn lleoliad clasurol a'i allu i gyfleu â sensitifrwydd a meistrolaeth dechnegol naws gweadau cyferbyniol cnawd, marmor, ffwr a ffabrigau.
Godward’s penchant for creating works of art set in the classical period probably came from the time period in which he was born; gan mai hwn oedd yr adfywiad clasurol ar raddfa lawn olaf mewn paentiadau gorllewinol, a ffynnodd yn Lloegr o'r 1860au hyd at y 1890au.
