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Oil on canvas, 102,9 x 142,9 cm. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom. The Death of Romeo and Juliet; Cymon and Iphigeneia; Ralph Thomas; William Hugh Fenn; Ferdinand Lured by Ariel 'Christ in the House of His Parents' or 'The Carpenter's Shop' Portrait of a Gentleman and his Grandchild (James Wyatt and his Granddaughter, Mary Wyatt)
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Juliet and her Nurse is an oil painting created by Joseph Mallord William Turner. [1] Painted in 1836, it depicts a view of Venice at dusk. The scene features a crowd of Venetians who have assembled in St. Mark's Square to watch fireworks exploding against a blue and yellow sky.
The balcony of Juliet's house. Two of William Shakespeare's plays, Romeo and Juliet and The Two Gentlemen of Verona, are set in the city of Verona. [36] [37] No evidence suggests that Shakespeare had ever been to the city. In May 2024, Pope Francis regarded Verona as the city of love. [38]
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare employs several dramatic techniques that have garnered praise from critics, most notably the abrupt shifts from comedy to tragedy (an example is the punning exchange between Benvolio and Mercutio just before Tybalt arrives).
The traditional Maltese balcony is a wooden, closed balcony projecting from a wall. In contrast, a Juliet balcony does not protrude out of the building. It is usually part of an upper floor, with a balustrade only at the front, resembling a small loggia. A modern Juliet balcony often involves a metal barrier placed in front of a high window ...
Tate's worldview, and that of the theatrical world that embraced (and demanded) his "happy ending" versions of the Bard's tragic works (such as King Lear and Romeo and Juliet) for over a century, arose from a profoundly different sense of morality in society and of the role that theatre and art should play within that society. Tate's versions ...
Alongside the statue was an engraving of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. [17] [18] A complex memorial to Shakespeare was created in Southwark Cathedral, which was his parish church when he lived in London close to the Globe Theatre. It is also the burial place of Shakespeare's brother Edmund, along with other Elizabethan actors and ...