“We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits:” Written in 1859 by Christina Rossetti (sister to Dante Gabriel Rossetti), Goblin…
Like his Pre-Raphaelite brethren, Dante Gabriel Rossetti used live models in his works. Throughout the course of his career, the same faces grace his canvasses,…
In the early years of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, artist Walter Deverell discovered Elizabeth Siddal working in a millinery shop. After modeling for his painting Twelfth…
Tim Powers doesn’t write about your run-of-the-mill vampires. His undead may feed upon you, but in return they will inspire words and poetry that you…
One of the benefits of an active reading life is that when you read not only for pleasure but for improvement, then similar themes in…
Alice in Wonderland has a strong hold on our popular culture. Over a century has passed since it and the sequel Through the Looking Glass…
According to myth, after Prometheus stole fire from the gods, Zeus wanted to punish mankind. He ordered Hephaistos and other gods to create a woman…
Mauvais Sujet is not your stereotypical, chocolate-box-pretty Victorian portrait. She’s almost uncomfortable to look at, as she is both very young and almost sensual. On…
When the artist Thomas Kinkade rose to fame, I could net help but be irritated when he styled himself as the “Painter of Light” and…
You know I love the Rossetti family, but I have never thought of them as adorable before. Until I saw the illustrations of Chiara Moriconi,…
One face looks out from all his canvasses, One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans; We found her hidden just behind those screens, That…
Fernand Khnopff was not a Pre-Raphaelite painter, but I wanted to share his 1891 painting I Lock My Door Upon Myself which draws inspiration…
Christina Rossetti’s Old and New Year Ditties strike me as somewhat melancholy: 1 New Year met me somewhat sad: Old Year leaves me tired, Stripped…
I enjoy this poem by Christina Rossetti for its simplicity and for its deeper meaning. Taken from her book Sing-Song which was published in 1893. …
It pains me that Christina Rossetti was completely overlooked and left out of the miniseries Desperate Romantics. Since the program has brought new visitors to…
YouTube user poetryanimations has a haunting body of work. I’ve embedded one of my favorites below, Christina Rossetti’s The Echo:
When discussing poetry and the Pre-Raphaelites, it is impossible not to think of Christina Rossetti. Her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was one of the founding…
An Echo from Willowwood by Christina Rossetti “O ye, all ye that walk in Willowwood.” (D.G. Rossetti) Two gazed into a pool, he gazed and…
Sleeping at last, the trouble and tumult over, Sleeping at last, the struggle and horror past, Cold and white, out of sight of friend and…
Piteous My Rhyme Christina Rossetti Piteous my rhyme is What while I muse of love and pain, Of love misspent, of love in vain, Of…
I’d embed the video, but for some reason it’s messing up my layout: From my favorite youtube user vidlad, see Christina Rossetti’s “From the Antique”…
