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Link LovePosted onAugust 7, 2015August 7, 2015

To strive, to seek, to find

Inspired by artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s passion for wombats, every Friday is Wombat Friday at Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood. “The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a…

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BooksPosted onJune 17, 2015

Guest Post: Pre-Raphaelites in Venice

I am honored that Kris Waldherr has taken the time to share about the beauty of Venice and its influence on the Pre-Raphaelite circle. That…

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tv/filmPosted onApril 27, 2015April 27, 2015

Pre-Raphaelite Sighting in Deception

An exciting new addition to the Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings page! Thank you to Victoria Osborne for sharing. The 2013 thriller The Best Offer (Deception) stars…

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Burne-JonesPosted onMarch 18, 2015February 2, 2018

Hylas and the Nymphs

Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse depicts a scene from Jason and the Argonauts.  Hylas was the son of King Theiodamas, who was killed…

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Burne-JonesPosted onMarch 2, 2015March 2, 2015

Legendary Armor

It’s Mythic March! Created by my friends Grace Nuth and Lisa Stock, its premise is similar to NaNoWriMo: spend a month incorporating the beauty of myth…

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Burne-JonesPosted onFebruary 5, 2015January 13, 2018

Monstrous Women

I was browsing a bookstore and found an aisle offering boxed sets of movies packaged with the books they were based on. A little girl…

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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 onDecember 17, 2014January 3, 2015

I stretch my hands and catch at Hope

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…

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Burne-JonesPosted onDecember 17, 2014January 3, 2015

Burne-Jones on Portraiture

I am guilty of often overlooking Burne-Jones’ portrait work in favor of his narrative paintings.  However, this morning I read a passage in which his…

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Alexa WildingPosted onJuly 24, 2014September 22, 2016

The lure of water-women

In Rossetti’s 1853 drawing Boatmen and Siren, one of the boatmen is captivated by the siren, but is saved from certain death by his companion.…

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Burne-JonesPosted onJune 14, 2014January 5, 2015

Aurora

A small pocket-book of this time contains a note made by Edward from a canal-bridge in a poor quarter of the city, which nearly thirty…

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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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BooksPosted onMay 7, 2014August 2, 2016

Skeletons in the closet

Fatima was painted by Sir Edward Burne-Jones in 1862 and depicts the last wife of Bluebeard, the ancient serial killer who has the bodies of…

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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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Charles Augustus HowellPosted onFebruary 4, 2014January 6, 2019

The Worst Man in London

  Seven years after her death, the coffin of Elizabeth Siddal was exhumed so that her husband, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, could publish the poetry he…

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Burne-JonesPosted onDecember 15, 2013January 5, 2015

The Garden of the Hesperides

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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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blue and white chinaPosted onNovember 24, 2013January 5, 2015

Image of the Week: Cinderella

Note the blue and white china in the background.  It was highly sought after by both Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Burne-Jones.  Elizabeth Siddal casually referenced…

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Burne-JonesPosted onNovember 21, 2013January 5, 2015

St. Martin’s Church in Brampton

I am grateful to Dave Brooks for sharing his personal photos of  St. Martin’s Church in Brampton.  I would love to see this in person,…

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Burne-JonesPosted onOctober 6, 2013January 5, 2015

Image of the Week: Autumn by Burne-Jones

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Burne-JonesPosted onAugust 22, 2013January 5, 2015

Celebrate Burne-Jones’ 180th Birthday at the Lady Lever Art Gallery

Wednesday. August 28th, will be Edward Burne-Jones’ 180th birthday.  To celebrate, visitors to the Lady Lever Art Gallery will be treated to a giant birthday…

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Burne-JonesPosted onJuly 21, 2013January 4, 2015

The Golden Stairs

“I mean by a picture a beautiful, romantic dream of something that never was, never will be – in a light better than any light…

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wombatsPosted onMay 3, 2013January 5, 2015

Wombat Friday: Rossetti, Burne-Jones and a brownie recipe

    Happy Wombat Friday!  With brownies!   Georgiana Burne-Jones writes about Rossetti’s interest in wombats in Memorials of Burne-Jones, vol. I: “Mr. Prinsep says…

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BooksPosted onMay 2, 2013January 5, 2015

What Burne-Jones learned from Rossetti

Today I have been contemplating this passage from The Memorials of Burne-Jones: “All the actual study of painting that Edward did with Rossetti was a…

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