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Category: Paintings

NaturePosted onApril 22, 2019April 22, 2019

“Go to nature in all singleness of heart”

In Modern Painters, John Ruskin urged artists to “go to nature in all singleness of heart… rejecting nothing, selecting nothing and scorning nothing; believing all…

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feministPosted onFebruary 2, 2018February 2, 2018

Bothered by Art Censorship? #MeToo

The Manchester Art Gallery announced this week that it has removed from exhibition the painting Hylas and the Nymphs by J.W. Waterhouse, and also the…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onOctober 4, 2016October 4, 2016

Botanical Paintings: My Top Picks

An  important hallmark of Pre-Raphaelite art is truth to nature.  Of course, there are many reasons why the art of the Pre-Raphaelites is so visually…

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Alexa WildingPosted onFebruary 4, 2016September 12, 2017

Rossetti’s Models

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,…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onSeptember 21, 2015September 21, 2015

Proserpine and Blogging About Art

Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s painting Proserpine is an arresting and visually striking work.  Blogging about it once has never been enough; it resurfaces in my posts…

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BooksPosted onAugust 21, 2015November 8, 2017

Art is a Mirror

 When I was fifteen years old, my father taught me how to drive.  I was eager, yet scared; I couldn’t believe that I had actually…

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Evelyn De MorganPosted onAugust 5, 2015September 27, 2017

The Gilded Cage

Evelyn De Morgan painted The Gilded Cage in 1919.  This was her last work before her death and we can read a wealth of meaning…

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PaintingsPosted onJuly 11, 2015June 6, 2017

Freddie Mercury and the madness of Richard Dadd

Richard Dadd is a Victorian artist that both shocks and fascinates me.  He demonstrated a great talent for drawing early in life and entered the…

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Alexa WildingPosted onJune 30, 2015April 9, 2019

La Ghirlandata

La  Ghirlandata was painted at Kelmscott Manor after a period of great difficulty for Rossetti — he had attempted suicide earlier that year. Despite his…

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NaturePosted onJune 20, 2015June 20, 2015

Find Something Beautiful

Since it is now the beginning of Summer, Sweet Summer by John William Waterhouse seems a fitting painting to contemplate.  Reclining in the grass, a…

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Arthur HughesPosted onJune 4, 2015August 24, 2019

The Unrequited Love of Mariana

Above is Sir John Everett Millais’ painting Mariana, which I’ve blogged about before in this post. Her dress is bluer than blue, the stained glass…

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MillaisPosted onApril 29, 2015

The North-West Passage

In The North-West Passage, Millais used a retired sailor named Captain Trelawny for the old mariner.  Trelawny was described affectionately as a “jolly old pirate”…

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MillaisPosted onJanuary 29, 2015January 29, 2015

Miss Beatrice Buckstone

Beatrice Buckstone posed for three of Millais’ works.   She was the granddaughter of actor/comedian John Baldwin Buckstone.  Finding Shakespeare has an interesting post showing…

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Alexa WildingPosted onJanuary 19, 2015January 19, 2015

Veronica Veronese

“The girl is in a sort of passionate reverie, and is drawing her hand listlessly along the strings of a violin which hangs against the…

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Andrew Lloyd WebberPosted onJanuary 14, 2015January 7, 2017

Embrace the Night

The day has its own bright beauty. Morning may bring the possibility of a new beginning, but at night, everything slows down and the world takes…

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Burne-JonesPosted onJanuary 13, 2015September 8, 2016

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid

Sir Edward Burne-Jones’ painting King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid is based on the story of an African King who had never felt any attraction…

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Burne-JonesPosted onJune 9, 2014January 5, 2015

The Mirror of Venus

Burne-Jones’ painting The Mirror of Venus is a celebration of female beauty.  Ten women, often identified as Venus and her attendants, gather around their own…

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Burne-JonesPosted onApril 30, 2014January 5, 2015

‘Astrologia’ and other examples of crystal balls

According to Georgiana Burne-Jones’ memorials of her husband, the model for Astrologia was Miss Augusta Jones.  I love the reflection seen on the crystal ball;…

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Evelyn De MorganPosted onApril 28, 2014January 5, 2015

Eos

Eos is goddess of the dawn; she brings forth hope of the new day.  She opens the gates of Heaven for the sun to rise,…

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Alexa WildingPosted onApril 15, 2014September 8, 2016

Who is The Blessed Damozel?

The Poem:  Drawing inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s The Blessed Damozel explores the theme of lovers separated by death.  Like…

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Effie MillaisPosted onMarch 24, 2014April 22, 2019

Effie Millais describes ‘Apple Blossoms’

Apple Blossoms captures a relaxing outing on a spring day.  Liverpool Museums points out that there are many different ways to interpret this painting, especially with…

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Alexa WildingPosted onFebruary 12, 2014September 1, 2020

Regina Cordium (Queen of Hearts)

In 1859, Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted Bocca Baciata and it was a radical change in style. Afterwards his work gravitated towards images of a single…

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Burne-JonesPosted onNovember 27, 2013January 5, 2015

Portrait of Margaret Burne-Jones

Sir Edward Burne-Jones’ portrait of his daughter Margaret is another example of  mirror paintings that I adore. It’s not the mirror itself that I love;…

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MagicPosted onOctober 30, 2013January 5, 2015

‘The Magic Circle’ and ‘The Crystal Ball’

In The Magic Circle, a lone sorceress casts her spell while surrounded by ravens in a desolate landscape. No lush greenery here, Waterhouse has placed…

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Burne-JonesPosted onOctober 6, 2013January 5, 2015

Image of the Week: Autumn by Burne-Jones

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