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Arthur HughesPosted onSeptember 25, 2015

Autumnal Beauty

I’m particularly happy to welcome Autumn this year, with its crisp breezes and the promise of adventure.  Autumn Leaves, painted by Sir John Everett Millais,…

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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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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onJuly 29, 2014May 9, 2017

Don’t look back!

Orpheus was given his lyre by the god Apollo and it was the Muses that taught him how to play.  His gift for music enchanted…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onDecember 11, 2013January 5, 2015

Demeter and Persephone

In De Morgan’s painting,  we see Demeter as she mourns the loss of her daughter.  Stricken with grief,  she clasps her head–surrounded by shafts of…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onSeptember 22, 2013January 5, 2015

Image of the Week: Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves , Sir John Everett Millais. Models: Millais’ sisters-in-law modeled for two of the girls, the other two were local girls, who also appeared in…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onApril 6, 2009January 3, 2015

Pre-Raphaelite Poetry: Proserpine

As Rossetti often did, he wrote a sonnet to accompany his striking painting of Proserpine (model: Jane Morris) Afar away the light that brings cold…

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