http://www.beautyandruin.com/findesiecle/ 2005-08-28T09:12:30+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/findesiecle/archives/2005/08/vincent_van_gog.html The following is an extract from a lecture 'VINCENT VAN GOGH: A SYMBOLIST LIFE', given by ALAN TAYLOR in April of 2005. It was part of the TALISMAN SYMBOLIST STUDIES ongoing programme of lectures and study mornings on Symbolist Art... VeraWench 2005-08-28T09:12:30+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/findesiecle/archives/2004/12/a_visit_to_the.html This summer I had the good fortune of finally visiting the mecca of Symbolist art: the Gustave Moreau Museum at 14, rue de La Rochefoucauld in Paris. The intimate interior of this lovely but unassuming building has been preserved... Alex 2004-12-31T18:21:30+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/findesiecle/archives/2004/12/ghosts_of_women.html There are Women walking slowly between shrub trees’ trunks, playing in distant meadows seen as if from behind a widescreen, sitting in front of cream-white fountains. They exist and do not exist at the same time; they are ghosts from... Igor Wroblewski 2004-12-03T00:41:09+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/findesiecle/archives/2004/11/sad_soul_simeon.html Once called by Burne-Jones “the greatest of us all”, Simeon Solomon has nonetheless remained in the shadows of obscurity, shunned then forgotten by his contemporaries following an imprisonment at the height of his career. He was born the youngest of... Alex 2004-11-27T18:36:11+00:00 http://www.beautyandruin.com/findesiecle/archives/2004/11/wordless_advent.html Due to the words of Arnold Böcklin, a painting should be as meaningful as a poem and should leave an impression as a piece of music. Sergei Rachmaninov, a great eclectic Russian composer, created a nostalgic, dark symphonic poem entitled... Igor Wroblewski 2004-11-18T00:31:09+00:00