Friday, 9 January 2015

John Martin: Pandaemonium (1825)

Whereas GF Watts Chaos is subdued, full of latency and obscure, this painting expresses all that which is repressed in the former. It is a representation of a scene from Milton's Paradise Lost, but for me that is beside the point. The painting has its own life, and gives expression to ideas and feelings all of its own.

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