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Tag Archives: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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 few mornings’ work in his studio, but what he learnt from him was far more … Continue reading
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Roman Widow (Dis Manibus)
A beautiful Roman widow plays music beside her husband’s urn. According to Walker Art Gallery, the marble cinerary urn is based on one Rossetti owned and the instruments were from Pompeian wall paintings. While I don’t know exactly which images Rossetti … Continue reading
Posted in Alexa Wilding, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, fashion
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Mnemosyne
Via Theoi.com: MNEMOSYNE was Titan goddess of memory and remembrance and the inventress of language and words. As a Titan daughter of Ouranos (Heaven), Mnemosyne was also a goddess of time. She represented the rote memorisation required, before the introduction of writing, to … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Jane Burden Morris
Tagged Dante Gabriel Rossetti, goddesses, Jane Morris
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Oh Beautiful Moon
Did you see the moon this weekend? The full-bodied and absolutely perfect moon? It has inspired a moon themed blog post of the Pre-Raphaelite variety: A Match With The Moon WEARY already, weary miles to-night I walked for bed: and … Continue reading
Posted in Burne-Jones, Simeon Solomon
Tagged Burne-Jones, Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, moon, poetry, Simeon Soloman
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The Beloved
Yesterday, when I shared that a detail from The Beloved can be seen on an ad for the Apple iPad mini, I realized that I’ve never posted about the painting on this site before. Which is a shame since it … Continue reading
Pre-Raphaelite stunner spotted at Wal-Mart
I was happily surprised this morning when a mundane trip to my local Wal-Mart resulted in a Pre-Raphaelite sighting: A portion of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s painting La Ghirlandata graces the cover of a computer game called Legends of Fate. I’m … Continue reading
The Most Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sighting Yet
Of all of our Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings, this one surprised me the most. We are avid Netflix users and my daughter and I have been watching Cheers together. We started at episode 1 a few months ago and we reached … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, tv/film
Tagged cheers, Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, halloween, sightings
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