A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER

J.KEATS

THE PRERAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD

O.WILDE

Ode On A Grecian Urn�John Keats

Human Life

• Time
• Changes
• Finite Love
• Decay- Death
• Desperation

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Art

• Eternity
• No Change
• Perfect Beauty
• Eternal love
• No enjoyment
• Truth
• Happiness

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John Keats

• A Work of Art is an expression of BEAUTY
• BEAUTY IS TRUTH & TRUTH BEAUTY
• Art has an Aesthetic function
• The only consolation to the WOE that characterizes human life for all generations
• Art has an ethical function

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

• ART FOR ART’S SAKE
• =Art has an aesthetic function

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• ART HAS A MORAL FUNCTION
• = Art has an ethical function

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

• Beautiful
• Extremely charming
• Disquieting (wild eyes)
• She has magic powers (fairy’s child, voice)
• Cruel
• False
• The cause of the knight’s desperation

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Lady Lilith =Body’s Beauty

• Beautiful
• Extremely charming
• A witch : she uses her magic powers to carry out evil actions
• The cause of men’s desperation and death

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Sibylla Palmifera = Soul’s Beauty

• Sybill = ancient prophetess (truth)
• Beauty Enthroned=she bears the palm of victory for her beauty
• Spiritual ,airy creature (flying hair, fluttering hem)

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Keats’ Ode On A Grecian Urn

• HUMAN LIFE is characterized by TIME = CHANGES:
• FINITE LOVE
• DECAY
• DEATH

Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray

• The picture shows the signs of inner corruption and of the passing of time
• CHANGES
• DECAY
• EVIL,CRUEL EXPRESSION

LIFE=WORK OF ART

Keats’ Ode On A Grecian Urn

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• Art : Eternity
• No change
• Happiness
• Beauty=Truth

Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray

• Dorian Gray’s beauty was NOT spoilt by the passing of time or by his own evil actions
• No change

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