Art in Focus | The Real Ophelia

Art in Focus | The Real Ophelia | Tate

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2 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Siddal is known as the model posing in Millais's painting of Ophelia. But there is much more to learn about this story. Here we explore her life as an artist and poet, her influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the challenges she faced living within Victorian society.
You can also see all of the surviving paintings, major drawings and watercolours by Elizabeth Siddal for the first time in The Rossettis exhibition at Tate Britain, 6 April - 24 September 2023. www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate...
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@annalomax1843 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's important to note the pain that Rossetti caused her as a lover through countless infidelities, as well as the fact that after she died he buried poems with her, and then dug up her grave a few years later to get them back out. He treated her very badly, and this treatment was one of, if not the main, cause of her laudanum overdose.

@kmm2442 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, not a complete story at all :/

@PANDA1000RUL3 2 жыл бұрын

And thankfully as punishment he had a horrible death. "He sank into a morbid state" good. You can also say Siddal got revenge because the poems that he buried with her got backlash after publishing which the criticism made his health decline

@GRACEABERDEAN01 2 жыл бұрын

Omg- who desecrates a grave???

@chaichai. 2 жыл бұрын

Men 😡

@GRACEABERDEAN01 2 жыл бұрын

@@Creative_2023 I’m so sorry to hear that. I would talk to the grounds keeper-

@AforAwesome3604 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a senior in HS and every year the seniors have to choose a famous painting to recreate on a ceiling tile, and I chose Ophelia. The amount of detail on this painting is remarkable, and I’ve spent hours staring at it and I still find new hidden details! This is definitely my favorite painting so I’m glad I found this video talking about it’s history, so thank you!

@gpg000 2 жыл бұрын

Wow would love to see a pic of the tile!

@AforAwesome3604 2 жыл бұрын

@@gpg000 I actually just finished it today! I’m happy with it and if there was a way to share it I definitely would!

@user-vf9dr8dy3h 2 жыл бұрын

哈咯，我是中央美术学院的学生，交个朋友！☺️

@user-vf9dr8dy3h 2 жыл бұрын

交个朋友吧

@patrickfitzgerald2861 2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the original at the Tate Abby? It is large (76.2 cm × 111.8 cm or 30.0 in × 44.0 in) and impressive. In person you can clearly imagine just how much effort it took to create. And you might also enjoy the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a much earlier painter whose paintings have many hidden and even humorous details.

@martinbright5077 2 жыл бұрын

What a shame this isn't an exhibition. What a fascinating topic.

@Sirius263 2 жыл бұрын

OPHELIA Among bed of lilies, She's so beautiful and pale. But her heart was broken, Let the painting tell the tale. A soul that is so rested, Her lilies by her side, The banks around so sodden, With gifts of nature's pride. Keep breathing dear Ophelia, With auburn hair that flows Amidst the tepid water, Heartbeat, hand and rose. 🌹 How could one so beautiful, And with heart so true, Be lost among the lilies? Let the picture paint the hue. © SIRIUS The poem is very old. It was inspired by the painting.

@martinbright5077 2 жыл бұрын

Who's it by?

@Sirius263 2 жыл бұрын

@@martinbright5077 The poem by me. The painting, J. E. Millais I believe.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sirius263 Beautiful poem! Thanks for sharing it!

@Sirius263 2 жыл бұрын

@ Very kind of you, Silvia. Thank you.

@AslansAngel1 2 жыл бұрын

It's lovely, @Sirius! A beautiful poem for a beautiful lady.

@DeidreL9 2 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth is one of my heroines. She wrote and painted exquisitely, and she had so much depth and feeling and determination. So much went wrong for her, so much hurt and pain, but she will ALWAYS be a beacon of light for women artists…and our Ophelia❤️

@cerisessence777 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this painting in Red Velvet “Feel My Rhythm”

@yucheung5853 2 жыл бұрын

I have always been disgusted by how most traditional art romanticizes and beautifies Ophelia's death. Her death was cruel and unjust (at least this is what I felt after reading the play) and I thought these paintings should paint the real, ugly death of women drowning in polluted rivers, instead of romanticizing being oppressed and women driven to suicide.

@empandora123 2 жыл бұрын

It's common in the olden days. Many artists drew that away to get fame and an audience. If they drew more graphical (not in a negative way, more like what you described it should be like), the audience wouldn't notice it or be disgusted by it.

@Sirius263 2 жыл бұрын

The Pre Raphaelites were allegorical artists and I don't think this tells a romantic story but it captures a moment in time expressing how painful life can be and how some choose to end their life. Suicide is either a constant companion to many and a judge and jury to others. This painting reminds us that suicide is a choice we can make if we want to.

@zitronentee 2 жыл бұрын

I think you should see from the perspective of the painters that day, not using today's standard.

@hi-ve1cw 2 жыл бұрын

At the time that Milais' Ophelia painting was first displayed, the Victorian public was actually outraged by it as they considered it ugly and a desecration of Shakespeare's great work. By modern standards, it looks like a very beautiful and romantic painting, but by the standards of the day the model was considered to be ugly, and the river she is lying in is surrounded by weedy and straggly plants. Remember that the Pre-Raphaelites were considered extremely radical at the time, a more traditional victorian painter would have portrayed Ophelia as classically beautiful by victorian standards and surrounded by lush beautiful vegetation and flowers. Instead, Milais portrayed her as a pale, thin, sickly looking woman lying in what looks like a country ditch. I don't think this painting was intended to romanticise her death at all

@Paramania15 2 жыл бұрын

@@hi-ve1cw Well said.

@onewetsock8181 Жыл бұрын

Just want to point out, Ophelia was not sent away by Hamlet because of impurity... Ophelia's father, Polonius, commanded her to give back all Hamlet's love letters and to basically accuse him of playing her. Even Ophelia's brother, Laertes, told her not to trust him. Hamlet truly loved her though, so when she returns his letters and is cold to him, he is devastated. He sarcastically agrees that HE must be the villain and that she should "get thee to a nunnery" where she would be safe from such men. Ophelia, tormented by her choice, watches as Hamlet starts to behave erradically (because of the murder of his father by his uncle) and she believes he has gone mad because she broke his heart. Then in a cruel twist of fate, Hamlet accidentally kills her father. Ophelia could no longer cope and descends into madness - she becomes almost childlike. In her whimsy of collecting flowers, she falls into the river and drowns. Hamlet is one of my favorite Shakespearean plays and I just wanted to defend my main man Ham

@stevenlight5006 Жыл бұрын

Thankfully the fact s can still be told Sorry ladies,lyfe is hard.

@danielartist123 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@yippee8570 2 жыл бұрын

This painting used to be on the wall in my primary school. Every single child thought it was creepy and a 'haunted' painting.

@KamiAva 2 жыл бұрын

maybe it is. in such a way that you would be held still at the sight of a pale figure such as her. maybe its the way her eyes hold you in a cold way like a room held with past tragedies.

@oliviamartini9700 2 жыл бұрын

Not the most appropriate adornment for the wall of an elementary school. "Should we hang the alphabet animal poster?" "Nah, let's go with the suicide."

@yippee8570 2 жыл бұрын

@@oliviamartini9700 exactly!

@KamiAva 2 жыл бұрын

@@oliviamartini9700 that too

@jamiegoddard562 9 ай бұрын

I always thought Ophelia needed comforting and protecting

@echoinsahara 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful paintings in the history in my opinion but I never really knew the backstory. Thank you for the video!

@ingridllinas5612 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the details and description of this beautiful painting, and life of the famous red haired model of the Raphaelite’s artists. Elizabeth Siddal was Rossetti’s muse.

@rvreve6475 2 жыл бұрын

feel my rhythm!

@shirinakter1865 2 жыл бұрын

Yes SS

@eura_minaj 2 жыл бұрын

come with mee~

@riconguyenofficial8947 2 жыл бұрын

Red Velvet did a reference in "Feel My Rhythm" MV

@carolinehaythornthwaite2965 2 жыл бұрын

A moving tribute to a beautiful woman.

@NikitaCoulombe 2 жыл бұрын

Understanding more about the creation and history around this painting makes me appreciate it more. Great video!

@mclare71 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautifully captured moment in art history. Thank you.

@jadedjhypsi 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite paiting by far!!! Thank you for sharing this tale =)

@susantaylor5068 2 жыл бұрын

A brilliant portrayal of such an iconic painting - thank you 😊

@savedbybravado4382 2 жыл бұрын

Loving all of this, great work Tate

@kmm2442 2 жыл бұрын

I watched the New Romantics when I was in my 20s, that show - it was everything at the time. Now I see it as adolescent, but it felt so big and complete at the time.

@Dadolinaswing 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t like that the video is trying to say that Siddal was the one who wanted to marry later. Rossetti was ashamed of her origins because she was from a working class family and he was the one postponing the wedding. Also it’s very likely that she committed suicide as a result of depression and that it wasn’t an accident.

@ratboy22666 2 жыл бұрын

ok red velvet feel my rhythm

@MementoMorituri Жыл бұрын

I didn't think about this painting much until I saw it in person. I've been in love with it ever since.

@pranz2984 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative and enjoyable to watch!

@marycl4709 2 жыл бұрын

I love this - it's a very different output from Tate. Beautiful snippet into history! More, please! :D

@shoeboxofangels 2 жыл бұрын

Now I know what inspired the famous Finnish band Negative to create the song Frozen To Loose It All for the music video. The video is just like this painting. I love Tate! ❤️💟💙

@grahamwallace 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@madArt1981 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen this master work of art, unbelievably amazing. I spent an easy hour gazing at every detail

@hectorromanzinigarcia7811 2 жыл бұрын

great live and video!

@ivanklymenko 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Ophelia - great work!

@outofoblivionproductions4015 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely art and video, thankyou. Sadly tragic though for Elizabeth Siddal. A haunting example of life imitating art. But for her generosity to help a great artist, she lives on in his masterpiece.

@wym5311 2 жыл бұрын

after a 13 year gap I took a photo with the painting today at Tate Britain. I love this painting

@laurenmarienitka5375 2 жыл бұрын

The Art Curious Podcast with Jennifer Dasal just did an episode on Elizabeth Siddal if you’re interested in learning more about her!

@k-dramagoodmorningseoul 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! How are you? In Korea/Seoul, the rainy season stopped for a while today. Looking at the clear sky, my mind was clear. I hope you have good health and good things on weekends and holidays. Thank you.

@lullabyybabyy5406 Жыл бұрын

Did I just get read a paragraph from a romance, the descriptions were beautiful, the language genuinely really pulled me in. Beautiful work on this video.

@mauropagliara7419 2 жыл бұрын

Complimenti . Il video è una gioia per gli occhi .

@Jasmine-uz5xj Жыл бұрын

So that’s why joy(from RV) was laying like that

@user-vc8td7cl8z Жыл бұрын

your voice is so beautiful and calming

@eliakimjosephsophia4542 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely explanation.

@ihrtwonz Жыл бұрын

~ o-opheliaaa youve been on my mind girl since the floooddd ~~~ (and for some reason that song jusf gives me nostalgia?)

@iamkunfyushun3308 Жыл бұрын

I know nothing of arts and paintings and literature but this is so aesthetically pleasing for the senses and very much interesting

@mcyk4405 2 жыл бұрын

this is beautiful

@oONodokaOo 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen this painting and have been mesmerized by it. I couldn't look away. To this day it is still my favourite painting.

@hanawana 2 жыл бұрын

lovely

@morganophelia5963 Жыл бұрын

it's beautifully haunting :(

@user-er7rs5ys3k 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!so happy to have access to this beautiful world of arts while I’m under lockdown in Shanghai .

@empandora123 2 жыл бұрын

I hope your okay. I heard the lockdown there was very cruel.

@user-er7rs5ys3k 2 жыл бұрын

@@empandora123 Thanks!finally got from from 1 June

@empandora123 2 жыл бұрын

It's fine! Are you okay?

@luisgonzalezramirez5112 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite painting of all time 😍ain’t she beautiful

@user-wn7kv3bg3i 2 жыл бұрын

Да, потрясающая! Чудесная, так хороша! Я несколько раз ходил на выставку в Москве, чтобы смотреть..

@blessyie643 2 жыл бұрын

The power of storytelling

@lovely.ameeeee485 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet Ophelia! When young blood escapes Vows that break Go up, up away - Zella Day ❤️

@bookoffholicbookwart5945 Жыл бұрын

Recently read a Contemporary book entitled the ophelia girls by Jane Healey and thoroughly loved it

@offwiththefairiesforever2373 2 жыл бұрын

That painting is increadable...

@kevinyigu 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive! When Tate lent it to MAP (Museum of Art Pudong) as opening exhibition last year, I finally got a chance to watch it closely.

@hellofditties 2 жыл бұрын

so that's where it was!! i went to the tate last year to see it and also the lady of shalott, and both were missing! glad you got to view it :)

@Bebedollie 2 жыл бұрын

I've always loved that name . 🌹💗💓

@claudialomeli4048 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a bit surprised at the mention that women had more trouble getting models for painting, you'd think it'd be easier for a woman painter to get female models, at least with their friends and relatives, was it an etiquette issue? Like what you mentioned about working women being looked down on.

@chupawup4517 2 жыл бұрын

A career as a well known female artist wasn't even considered as realistic back then, like the idea of it was laughable for many that believed men did everything better.

@arbitrary_raspberry 2 жыл бұрын

It wasnt appropriate to hire models for nudes and study the naked body. I dont know why but only for male artists it was considered okay to look at male and female naked bodies 🤷

@chelseaneuweiler2590 2 жыл бұрын

We had the subject of nude painting at university and I learned that it was immoral for women to paint other women as nudes. They were not allowed to enter the hall with several men who were painting a naked woman. Sometimes there was also the phenomenon that women were given a cow to paint. In the 18th century, however, nude painting was a prerequisite for a successful career as an artist, which was one of the reasons why women had no chance to become artists. They were allowed as models, so to speak, but not as artists. Linda Nochlin has written a fascinating article about this, if you are interested in this topic. :)

@gloriacapoduro8432 Ай бұрын

S❤IMPLY GORGEOUS!

@bdgies2721 2 жыл бұрын

As a working Life Drawing model, I can tell you that she did not hold that pose for hours. She would have been in and out of that tub many times. She may also have done some of the pose on a chaise lounge.

@Ashakat42 2 жыл бұрын

The Pre-Raphaelites were obsessed with painting what they saw. so no chaise lounge for poor Lizzie.

@Stevenscool770 Жыл бұрын

This painting was recently just recreated in a music video called “Feel My Rhythm” by Red Velvet, along with other famous paintings

@wein7107 Жыл бұрын

Who cares bout that

@pessimisticcatto1121 Жыл бұрын

@@wein7107 apparently 12 people🤷‍♂️

@m.z1256 Жыл бұрын

@@wein7107 so?

@Stevenscool770 Жыл бұрын

@@wein7107 you cared enough to reply

@chilllllllllll Жыл бұрын

@@wein7107 Many do

@sadiehawkins5908 Жыл бұрын

I've always live dthis painting yet I haven't read hamlet. I've only seen ut performed and then she was barely in it What a painting.. amazing. She is extremely beautiful whatve rthe standards of the day but this use of oil is just incredible to me. To paint a dress floating in water like that it's one I could stare at for hours

@jananbarbar8335 2 жыл бұрын

Millais lived for few years on the Gloucester Road SW3 London.

@giacogiaco5540 2 жыл бұрын

I live very close to where the great Preraphialite was born...every time i walk past i think of... OPHELIA...

@solidkingcobra 2 жыл бұрын

dope.

@ejbbur4673 2 жыл бұрын

was at the Hogsmill River in Surrey yesterday Looking for Ophelia pool..

@henrycastle1 6 ай бұрын

❤

@StuSaville 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the music video for Nick Cave's song Where the Wild Roses Grow was inspired by this painting?

@mrsszmanda07 Жыл бұрын

It is.

@jamiegoddard562 Жыл бұрын

Who does the narration find her voice really soothing perfect asmr voice

@lakshmanankomathmanalath 2 жыл бұрын

💙💙💙❤️

@K-FOREST_Original 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! How are you? There has been no rain in Korea/Seoul this year. With this severe drought, I'm worried about farming and many other things. I hope you have good health and good things for the rest of the week. Thank you very much.

@adeponol 2 жыл бұрын

0 rain?? Not even a little?

@r.j3423 2 жыл бұрын

And now this week has been very rainy!

@Reiberry-333 Жыл бұрын

@@adeponol yep!

@testcardII 2 жыл бұрын

💝🌷

@juanguerra3472 Жыл бұрын

🖤

@pgc848 2 жыл бұрын

who is the photographer? it looks beautiful

@franklinguallpa6072 2 жыл бұрын

It's like outdoor living for that woman in the painting. I wonder men today are still inspired by this painting.

@arlethellis150 Жыл бұрын

Omg it’s my pop.

@msbxx13 Жыл бұрын

No, that is Joy

@chilllllllllll Жыл бұрын

No they just recreated it for the mv

@cwli1 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the UK. I have a 84x60cm framed print of this painting. I think the picture is somewhat bland but it fills up blank wall space alongside my other pictures.

@hattie5203 2 жыл бұрын

Red Velvet? Anyone?

@nizardelaskar7713 2 жыл бұрын

the painting used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid

@Lunalovegood136 2 жыл бұрын

My daughter is called Ophelia

@cd9245 Жыл бұрын

I like Ophelia 😘😍

@fayedeering Жыл бұрын

damn she just like me fr

@naan6348 Жыл бұрын

The ears in the water hurts me 😭😭😭

@Random_Wierdo. 2 жыл бұрын

That’s not what happened, it took so long for her to get married because her lover was kind of a ladies man who even cheated on her With his other models.

@Speaking_tires_me. 2 жыл бұрын

Could you mention the name of the artist at the center at 5:20? It is kinda shocking. But we have the same face. I stumbled on this video by curiosity. while i was busy processing Siddle's story, this image appeared leaving me awestruck. Jeez I'm oil painted holy shit whaaaaat. Ik It's unbelievable but just trust me on this. I have got to find the actual painting. Please mention the source when you get time, or anybody in the comment who knows. Thankyou! ✨

@Cyparisse 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I don't know if this'll really help, but the work you're looking for appears to be titled 'Ophelias', and is the collaborative work of Rahi de Roy, Astha Patel, Pranshu Takore and Savitha Ravi (according to the credits of this video and the website of the Tate Museum). Platform-mag and Openclosemag have both written articles about the artistic process behind this piece.

@MsTamaraa Жыл бұрын

Dang

@Zaheenhussain347 Жыл бұрын

Oh Ophelia , you’ve been on my mind girl since the flood .

@Suunn_shine 2 жыл бұрын

good museum. pretty sure my dad took a mug from your restaurant

@fododude 7 ай бұрын

What is that painting at 5:27 in the lower right corner?

@Jubs123321 Жыл бұрын

What are the bibliographic references used in the video?

@getitherething.2653 Жыл бұрын

I’m getting wild roses by nick cave and Kylie Minogue vibes… I wonder if they based the video off that painting?

@user-ub6tm1bt3z 2 жыл бұрын

Feelya tater

@jaydepalma1071 2 жыл бұрын

One would think that a frame with a curved top be a better option.

@m.p.6039 2 жыл бұрын

Hamlet does not break up with Ophelia because he thinks she's impure. He just goes on a rant about how much he hates all women and tells her to join a nunnery.

@cd9245 Жыл бұрын

Ophelia is the most beautiful woman in the world 😘. I love her ❤️, she's owner of my heart 💕

@leighcecil3322 Жыл бұрын

As an artist myself..I think it represents the possessive self obsessed Rossetti...& A delicate flower...a true Greek tragedy..!! Thanks for the post 👍