Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: witteronge

camp as anything; edwardian sex and death on sir charles lawes-witteronge's 1906 bronze of dirce, killed by being tied to the back of the farnese bull. it sexualises the violent death of a pulchritudinous woman and used art as a fig leaf for repressed edwardian desire. the craftsmanship is far better than the design , which tells us more than we want to know about the artist's subconscious mind.

sir charles lawes-witteronge's 1906 bronze of the death of dirce, tied to the back of the farnese bull. this take on a famous classical group was given by the artist's wife, and may have been as much an embarassment then as now, and has always lived just outside the tate. it sexualises the violent death of a pulchritudinous woman , using art as a fig leaf for repressed edwardian desire .

musclebound madness on sir charles lawes-witteronge's 1906 bronze of the death of dirce outside tate britain.