William Holman Hunt attempted to create an art that could marry realism and elaborate iconography, fact and feeling, matter and spirit.
I have never heard of Hunt but have been looking at a lot of Pre-Raphaelites and this bit of his philosophy stands out as to why it is of interest to me and how it ties in with some of my thoughts on cyberspace – though I do not know exactly how.
The Awakening Conscience – William Holman Hunt – 1853