DOI Kapitel:
Chapter V: Our Friendship
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.62482#0288
136 REMINISCENCES OF G. F. WATTS
foreground, figure, and rocks, indicative of the enjoyment of
southern warmth and light and air. This picture would be
more easily explained were the pendant picture beside it,
“ The Genius of Northern Poetry,” darker, more mysterious,
less human in attributes than the Greek Genius.
“ Cain."
Designs for the life-size composition in the Diploma
Gallery at Burlington House, Royal Academy.
The figure of the slain Abel lies on the ground while
his sacrifice rises in a pillar of flame straight up to Heaven.
The standing figure of Cain is overshadowed by the avengers
who swoop down upon him. These may be understood as
the voices of conscience.
The “ Eve Tempted."
This design is one of a series of three, of which photo-
graphs have been sent to this exhibition in order to show the
relative place of the picture before us. In the first design,
“The Newly Created Eve,” the figure rises column-like in
praise and delight at her creation. In the second, “ Eve
Tempted,” she bends forward toward the fruit which is
tempting her, not plucking it, but allowing herself to be
allured by the seductive fragrance; and in the third she has
thrown herself against the stem of a tree, her hands clasped
above her head, her figure shrouded by her hair. The
first and third were not sufficiently finished to send. All
three figures are colossal in size, and represent a type
which may suggest the mother of all the human race. The
colour in the “ Newly Created Eve ” is glowing and golden ;
foreground, figure, and rocks, indicative of the enjoyment of
southern warmth and light and air. This picture would be
more easily explained were the pendant picture beside it,
“ The Genius of Northern Poetry,” darker, more mysterious,
less human in attributes than the Greek Genius.
“ Cain."
Designs for the life-size composition in the Diploma
Gallery at Burlington House, Royal Academy.
The figure of the slain Abel lies on the ground while
his sacrifice rises in a pillar of flame straight up to Heaven.
The standing figure of Cain is overshadowed by the avengers
who swoop down upon him. These may be understood as
the voices of conscience.
The “ Eve Tempted."
This design is one of a series of three, of which photo-
graphs have been sent to this exhibition in order to show the
relative place of the picture before us. In the first design,
“The Newly Created Eve,” the figure rises column-like in
praise and delight at her creation. In the second, “ Eve
Tempted,” she bends forward toward the fruit which is
tempting her, not plucking it, but allowing herself to be
allured by the seductive fragrance; and in the third she has
thrown herself against the stem of a tree, her hands clasped
above her head, her figure shrouded by her hair. The
first and third were not sufficiently finished to send. All
three figures are colossal in size, and represent a type
which may suggest the mother of all the human race. The
colour in the “ Newly Created Eve ” is glowing and golden ;