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Burne-JonesPosted onSeptember 30, 2018September 30, 2018

Contemplating Hours: Pairing Burne-Jones and Siddal

In The Shape of My Heart, I shared that I like to blend seemingly unrelated works of art much like one would pair wine with…

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Albert Joseph MoorePosted onSeptember 22, 2016April 22, 2019

The Symbolism of Lepidoptera

Truth to nature was one of the main tenets of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and an excellent example of this can be seen in the Death’s…

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Evelyn De MorganPosted onAugust 23, 2016September 8, 2016

Searching for Symbolic Windows

Last week I posted Evelyn De Morgan’s Hope in a Prison of Despair (seen above) on the Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood Facebook page. A happy byproduct of…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onMay 5, 2015May 12, 2015

Birds in the works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

While from the quivering bough the bird expands His wings. And lo! thy spirit understands (from A Vision of Fiammetta, Dante Gabriel Rossetti) Birds appear…

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BooksPosted onFebruary 18, 2015January 27, 2016

Lewis Carroll and the Pre-Raphaelites

Alice in Wonderland has a strong hold on our popular culture.  Over a century has passed since it and the sequel Through the Looking Glass…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onAugust 4, 2014April 22, 2019

Poppies: Sleep, Death, Remembrance

The Tower of London is marking the centenary of World War I with a breathtaking art installation called Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onMay 28, 2014September 8, 2016

Ophelia’s Flowers

When John Everett Millais painted Ophelia he chose to depict her in the moments just before she drowns, a bold choice as most previous artists…

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Alexa WildingPosted onSeptember 16, 2013January 5, 2015

The Impossible Mirror of Lady Lilith

I’ve mentioned my love of mirror paintings before: Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus, Viola, Photograph of Fanny Cornforth, Seeking out mirrors, and Preparing for…

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Dante AlighieriPosted onFebruary 16, 2009January 3, 2015

La Pia de Tolomei

Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted La Pia de Tolomei at the beginning of his affair with Jane Morris, the wife of his friend William Morris. In…

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Alexa WildingPosted onNovember 22, 2008January 3, 2015

Rossetti’s Lilith and Kaballah Bracelets

Of Adam’s first wife, Lilith, it is told (The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,) That, ere the snake’s, her sweet tongue could…

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MagicPosted onApril 6, 2008January 3, 2015

Magic in Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist Art

Magic and witchcraft can be depicted as ugly and dark in art as in William Blake’s Hecate, but Pre-Raphaelite artists embrace its beauty and mysticism.…

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Alexa WildingPosted onJanuary 9, 2008April 27, 2015

Rossetti’s Lilith

Dante Gabriel Rossetti originally painted Lilith using Fanny Cornforth as a model when he began painting it in 1864. For some reason, in 1868, he…

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BooksPosted onDecember 9, 2007March 23, 2009

Hidden Life of Art: A Key to Figures,Symbols, and Messages

This is the first book I’ve featured on this site that is not strictly related to Pre-Raphaelitism.  But I purchased this book a few days…

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Annie MillerPosted onSeptember 11, 2007January 30, 2014

The Awakening Conscience

The fallen woman was quite a theme for the Pre-Raphaelites. In this painting, The Awakening Conscience, we see a mistress rising from the seat of…

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Christina RossettiPosted onAugust 31, 2007March 23, 2009

Remember me when I am gone away…

Christina Rossetti has the distinction of appearing not only in her brother Dante Gabriel’s first painting to be exhibited, but it was also the first…

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