Tag Archives: Shakespeare

Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: King Lear

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Stephanie Piña

King Lear is a tragic play filled with anger and grief.   It is wrought with suffering and explores issues of old age and family as only Shakespeare could explore them.  William Holman Hunt took inspiration from a quotation of King … Continue reading →

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Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: Claudio and Isabella

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Stephanie Piña

Claudio and Isabella, painted by William Holman Hunt, is based on Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure. “The choice of such a scene is typical of Hunt’s preoccupation with sin and guilt and his intensely moralistic approach to art.” Christopher Wood, … Continue reading →

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Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: As You Like It

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Stephanie Piña

A Scene from “As You Like It” by Walter Howell Deverell The Painting: Deverell took great pains with As You Like It.  Lucinda Hawksley describes the outdoor modeling session in her book Essential Pre-Raphaelites saying “According to legend, the models … Continue reading →

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Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Stephanie Piña

I am beginning a series of posts that focuses on Pre-Raphaelite representations of Shakespeare’s works.  I felt the perfect painting to start with is Walter Howell Deverell’s Twelfth Night, as it is one of the earliest Pre-Raphaelite pictures based upon … Continue reading →

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Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Stephanie Piña

Based on Shakespeare’s Two Gentleman of Verona, this was one of William Holman Hunt’s most successful paintings. Lizzie Siddal, one of my favorite Pre-Raphaelite models, modeled for Sylvia. We can not see her features in this image, though.  Hunt repainted … Continue reading →

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Ophelia and the Pre-Raphaelites

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Stephanie Piña

Ophelia is a captivating character, one that many of the Pre-Raphaelites and other Victorian artists drew inspiration from. For those unfamiliar with Ophelia, she is Hamlet’s innocent  young love interest in one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays (Hamlet). Hamlet loved … Continue reading →

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