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BooksPosted onMarch 19, 2011March 19, 2011

Pre-Raphaelite books for Nook

I am considering the purchase of an e-reader and have been reading various articles comparing the Nook and the Kindle.  (I’m leaning towards the Nook.)…

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BooksPosted onDecember 7, 2010

Christina Rossetti on Audible.com

The Great Poets: Rossetti and Browning. From the publisher: “Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) were both regarded as the female poet laureates…

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BooksPosted onJune 13, 2010January 3, 2015

The Wine of Circe by Edward Burne-Jones, Poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote a sonnet inspired by this painting, which you can read a great deal of background on at The Rossetti Archive:…

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BooksPosted onJanuary 7, 2010January 3, 2015

The Mirror!

In this previous post, I mentioned a mirror seen in Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor by Burne-Jones and also in The Return of Tibullus to…

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BooksPosted onJuly 7, 2009January 3, 2015

Mortal Love, my impressions

I devoured this book. And I know I will not hesitate to devour it again, its hold over me is that strong. It is a…

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BooksPosted onJune 29, 2009January 3, 2015

Mortal Love

I’ve seen this book online many times, but when I happened upon it in the library I could not resist its call. How can I…

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BooksPosted onMarch 23, 2009January 3, 2015

Sidonia von Bork by Sir Edward Burne-Jones

The intricate pattern of Sidonia’s gown is amazing. Painted in 1860, Sidonia von Bork is an early watercolor by Burne-Jones and is based on the…

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BooksPosted onSeptember 16, 2008March 23, 2009

Just added to my wishlist:

Oh, I hope to be able to purchase this soon!  The Demon and the Damozel: Dynamics of Desire in the Works of Christina Rossetti and…

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BooksPosted onJuly 3, 2008March 23, 2009

Book Recommendation: Millais

Millais, written by Jason Rosenfield and Alison Smith From the Publisher: As a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, John Everett Millais (1829-1896) spearheaded one…

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BooksPosted onMay 21, 2008March 23, 2009

Flora Symbolica:

Flora Symbolica: Flowers in Pre-Raphaelite Art: Few artistic movements capture classic notions of beauty as romantically as the Pre-Raphaelites—a group of nineteenth-century painters and poets…

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BooksPosted onMarch 10, 2008March 23, 2009

Possession

I mentioned my love for the book Possession in an earlier post, and I have received several emails from people who had never heard of…

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BooksPosted onDecember 22, 2007August 26, 2011

Looking Back: What is the first Pre-Raphaelite painting that you fell in love with?

It is the end of the year, traditionally a time to make merry and look back and reflect upon our lives. In the spirit of…

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BooksPosted onDecember 9, 2007March 23, 2009

Hidden Life of Art: A Key to Figures,Symbols, and Messages

This is the first book I’ve featured on this site that is not strictly related to Pre-Raphaelitism.  But I purchased this book a few days…

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BooksPosted onNovember 8, 2007September 8, 2016

Book Recommendation: The Pre-Raphaelites by Christopher Wood

One of the first books I ever purchased about Pre-Raphaelite art was The Pre-Raphaelites. My Pre-Raphaelite library is constantly growing, but this beautiful book remains…

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BooksPosted onOctober 13, 2007March 23, 2009

Book Recommendation: Pre-Raphaelites and Their World

Customer review from Amazon: Ms. Barnes’s coffee-table book is a superb addition to the general art-lover’s library. Lush illustrations and accessible prose make this book…

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BooksPosted onOctober 9, 2007March 23, 2009

Lucinda Hawksley Interview

I recently had the honor of interviewing author Lucinda Hawksley.  Hawksley has penned several books, most notably a biography of Elizabeth Siddal and one on…

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BooksPosted onSeptember 18, 2007March 23, 2009

Circle of Sisters: Alice Kipling, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Agnes Poynter, and Louisa Baldwin

The Macdonald sisters—Alice, Georgiana, Agnes and Louisa-started life in the teeming ranks of the lower-middle classes, denied the advantages of education and the expectation of…

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BooksPosted onSeptember 9, 2007March 23, 2009

Elizabeth Siddal: Ultimate Pre-Raphaelite Beauty

In the twenty-first century, even those who do not know Lizzie Siddal’s name will recognize her face: she is Millais’s doomed Ophelia and Rossetti’s beatified…

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