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BooksPosted onOctober 30, 2017October 30, 2017

“The best thing for being sad is to learn something.”

I’ve spent my entire adult life pursuing Pre-Raphaelite art and in doing so, I find that what I actually discover is myself.  Art and literature…

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Arthur HughesPosted onAugust 12, 2015June 28, 2017

Four grey walls, and four grey towers

After posting about Evelyn De Morgan’s painting The Gilded Cage, I began to think about other paintings that depict women who are trapped and imprisoned…

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Frederick SandysPosted onNovember 10, 2013January 5, 2015

Image of the Week: King Pelles’ Daughter bearing the Sancgraal

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Arthurian LegendPosted onSeptember 27, 2011January 4, 2015

William Morris and Le Morte d’Arthur

Since finishing Le Morte d’Arthur, I’ve been refreshing my memory and reading all the references I can find regarding Pre-Raphaelite art and Arthurian influences. My…

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BooksPosted onAugust 2, 2011January 4, 2015

Pre-Raphaelite Reading Project: Le Morte d’Arthur

For the next selection of the Pre-Raphaelite Reading Project, I’ve chosen a work that inspired many Pre-Raphaelite pieces and captured the Victorian imagination:  Thomas Malory’s…

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Arthurian LegendPosted onMay 27, 2009January 3, 2015

Images of Guinevere

Medievalism grew in popularity early in the nineteenth century England and had a definite influence on William Morris especially, who even rode a horse in a…

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Burne-JonesPosted onMay 5, 2009October 3, 2015

The Beguiling of Merlin

The Beguiling of Merlin is a special painting to me, as mentioned in this previous post from 2007 . Painted by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones in…

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Pre-Raphaelite PoemsPosted onDecember 7, 2007March 23, 2009

The Defence of Guenevere

The Defence of Guenevere, by William Morris But, knowing now that they would have her speak, She threw her wet hair backward from her brow,…

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