Art Talks: What the Dickens?
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Wednesday December 14 2022
Approximate running time: 2 hours
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In 1843 Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol extolled brotherhood and charity. But seven years later, Dickens penned an extremely uncharitable review of the young painters styling themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, calling Millais’s Jesus “a wry-necked, blubbering red-headed boy in a bed-gown.” Learn how their relationships evolved from poisonous rhetoric to respect and friendship.