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Pre-Raphaelite Artists and Models:
Pre-Raphaelite Marriages: Ruskin, Effie, and Millais
Pre-Raphaelite Marriages: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal
Jane Morris: An Enigmatic Muse
Victorian author Henry James describes Jane Morris
Elizabeth Siddal’s illustration of Pippa Passes
William Michael Rossetti on Elizabeth Siddal
Emma Madox Brown, wife of artist Ford Madox Brown
Kate Dickens Perugini, daughter of Charles Dickens
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, female Pre-Raphaelite artist.
Evelyn De Morgan, female Pre-Raphaelite artist.
Subjects and Themes:
Fashion details in Pre-Raphaelite art
Arthurian:
Tennyson: April Love
Shakespeare:
Ophelia and the Pre-Raphaelites
King Lear I share this post every year on Shakespeare’s birthday.
Twelfth Night, Walter Deverell’s painting marks the first appearance of Elizabeth Siddal in art.
Keats:
Myth:
Don’t Look Back! Orpheus and Eurydice
Katabasis: Journeys to the Underworld
Waterhouse and Transformations
Valkyries: Beautiful Maidens of Death
Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus
Helen of Troy by Evelyn De Morgan. Post also contains Helen of Troy paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Fredrick Sandys for comparison.
Repeated us of:
Props: Millais’ Silver Pillar
Jewelry: Rossetti and his baubles, Hair adornment in Rossetti paintings,
Personal Blog Posts:
A Simple Answer: Why do I love Pre-Raphaelite art?