Poynter's "The Festival" "The Festival" by Sir Edward John Poynter, completed in 1875 is a very striking painting. ... Part of the Aesthetic Movement, the "Classical revival was also a reaction against the predominance of Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites in the 1850s." ... "The Festival," by Sir Edward John Poynter is a neo-classical masterpiece. ...

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