The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser's best known work. "Spenser is best known for 'The Faerie Queene,' an epic poem celebrating, through fantastical allegory, the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I." ~WikipediA
He created his own "Spenserian Sonnet" and stanza form which combined both the Petrarchan sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet. A controversial figure, he nevertheless used the form to perfection in 'The Faerie Queene' and several other works.
This video hopes to open a window and provide a small view of his influence on art throughout the following centuries.

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• ArtMagick
• Purcell
• Spenser
• Faerie
• Queene
• Delaroche
• Burne-Jones
• Crane
• DeMorgan
• Strudwick
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• Riviere
• Stubbs

[skagandbone1]

Not to be pedantic, but Spenser's stanza form in the Faerie Queene is actually a take on Ariosto's Ottavarima, with 8 lines of iambic pentameter plus the additional 9th line of hexameter, as a kind of nod to the Italian tradition of Epic poetry.

[chiaroscurofx]

@skagandbone1 :) I do awful iambic pentameter, worse hexameter, but I will say this to you.... That's how it works for me anyway, Love— / It's the only way it works, keeping us / Alive; no sentiment, no lies, above / The fray when your board's just a game of chess— / Cowardice, or undressing of a dress. / And then when that cancerous world creeps in— / We enter that world in tears, in distress; / The opening gambit, taking your pawn— / That's how it works for me. Love. Loss. It's always been..

[missgreenlover97]

I'm related to Edmund Spenser in some way or the other :)

[chiaroscurofx]

I don't even know, on a personal level, an Edmund or a Spenser. :D Thanks for viewing! :)

[521f]

The art is very beautiful. What is the name of the composition?

[chiaroscurofx]

I put the credits at the end of the video. The music was composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695).  It is from his composition: The Fairy Queen, Part 10 Chaconne, performed by the Season Chamber Orchestra. Thanks for commenting.

[afertyus1000]

@chiaroscurofx he wanted the english to take over all of ireland dirty pig

[afertyus1000]

@missgreenlover97 dirty english twat spenser was,getout of eire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chiaroscurofx]

Thanks again for commenting. :) There is something about Purcell. :)

[yamiyugikun]

Gorgeous art, and I love Purcell:)

[chiaroscurofx]

Thanks. :)

[WatchesCrows]

Very Good.

[chiaroscurofx]

Thanks. :)

[PsySanja]

okey :)

[chiaroscurofx]

Hmm. I answered this. At length. Ou est La Response?

[lasalleman]

Pretty good! I'd like to see someone do an

animated work based on SPenser's Fairie Queene.

[chiaroscurofx]

Thanks Megan!

[megansspark]

astounding beauty.. art and music

[chiaroscurofx]

Thanks for watching, Cathy - appreciated, as always. :)

[WaterhouseArt]

A delight, C.

Thank you!