'The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.' — Dr. Seuss (I Can Read with My Eyes Shut)
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Friday, 16 December 2011
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828 - 1882)
Algernon Swinburne
Bocca Baciata (1859) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/desperateromantics/paintings/bocca_baciata.shtml
Dante's Vision of Rachel and Leah (1855) - http://www.tate.org.uk/ servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid= 999999961&workid=12805& searchid=9580&tabview=subject
Holy Grail
Il Ramoscello (The Twig) (1865)
Joan of Arc - http://www.fitzmuseum.cam. ac.uk/gallery/cockerell/ directorcollector/pre- raphaelites.html (Rosetti's last painting) - 'Found on the artist's easel upon his death in 1882, Joan of Arc was acquired by Charles Fairfax Murray.'
La Belle Mano (1875) - http://www.delart.org/ collections/preraph/la_bella_ mano.html
La Donna della Finestra (1879)
La Ghirlandata
Lady Lilith (1866-68) (altered 1872-73) - http://www.delart.org/ collections/preraph/lady_ lilith.html
Mary Nazarene - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-mary-nazarene-n02860
May Morris
Proserpine - (Proserpine = Persephone) - http://www.tate.org.uk/ servlet/ViewWork?workid=12804& tabview=image
Study for the Blessed Damozel
The Beloved
The Bower Meadow
The Day Dream - http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/f/forms-of-verse-sonnet/
Water Willow (1871) -http://www.preraph.org/media/ audio/56_22/03_Water_Willow. mp3
' Bocca baciata, described by Swinburne as ‘more stunning than can be decently expressed’ (Swinburne Letters, 1.27), marks a turning point in Rossetti's art, heralding the abandonment of his Pre-Raphaelite past.' - ODB - http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/1.html
Bocca Baciata (1859) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/desperateromantics/paintings/bocca_baciata.shtml
Dante's Vision of Rachel and Leah (1855) - http://www.tate.org.uk/
Holy Grail
Il Ramoscello (The Twig) (1865)
Joan of Arc - http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.
La Belle Mano (1875) - http://www.delart.org/
La Donna della Finestra (1879)
La Ghirlandata
Lady Lilith (1866-68) (altered 1872-73) - http://www.delart.org/
Mary Nazarene - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-mary-nazarene-n02860
May Morris
Proserpine - (Proserpine = Persephone) - http://www.tate.org.uk/
Study for the Blessed Damozel
The Beloved
The Bower Meadow
The Day Dream - http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/f/forms-of-verse-sonnet/
Water Willow (1871) -http://www.preraph.org/media/
' Bocca baciata, described by Swinburne as ‘more stunning than can be decently expressed’ (Swinburne Letters, 1.27), marks a turning point in Rossetti's art, heralding the abandonment of his Pre-Raphaelite past.' - ODB - http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/1.html
John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917)
After the Dance
Apollo and Daphne - JW Waterhouse http://www. johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/ pictures/apollo-daphne-1908/
Camellias
Circe - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/ yourpaintings/paintings/circe- 90979
Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus
Destiny - John William Waterhouse - http://www. johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/ pictures/destiny-1900/
Diogenes of Sinope
Flora and the Zephyrs - http:// preraphaelitepaintings. blogspot.com/2010/10/john- william-waterhouse-flora-and. html
Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 - JW Waterhouse ('The poet Ezra Pound referred to this painting as 'Foreboding in the Pool'' - from JW Waterhouse website.)
"I Am Half-Sick of Shadows," Said the Lady of Shalott
In the Peristyle - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/ yourpaintings/paintings/in- the-peristyle-90385
Juliet (AKA 'The Blue Necklace') 1898 - JW Waterhouse -http://www. johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/ pictures/juliet-1898/
La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1893)
Miranda - JW Waterhouse - http://www. johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/ pictures/miranda-1875/
Ophelia (1889) - http://preraphaelitepaintings.blogspot.com/2009/04/john-william-waterhouse-ophelia.html
Opelia (1894)
Portrait of the Artist's Wife - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/ yourpaintings/paintings/ portrait-of-the-artists-wife- 71878
Saint Eulalia - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/ work/N01542, http://www.bbc. co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/ paintings/saint-eulalia-117689
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death - http://www. johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/ pictures/sleep-half-brother- death-1874/
Study of a Female Figure with Rosary
The Bouquet (c1908) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/ yourpaintings/paintings/the- bouquet-14613, http://fag. looksystems.net/Collection/ 1000.18
The Lady of Shalott (1888) - http://www.tate.org.uk/ servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid= 999999961&workid=15984& searchid=9065&tabview=text
The Lady of Shalott - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/ yourpaintings/paintings/the- lady-of-shalott-14630, http:// fag.looksystems.net/ Collection/1923.15
The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot
The Magic Circle (1886) - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/ work/N01572
The Necklace (1909)
The Orange Gatherers
The Shrinesolomon
The Siren (circa 1900)
Thisbe
Ulysses and The Sirens 1891 - JW Waterhouse - http://www. johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/ pictures/ulysses-sirens-1891/
Undine
Vanity - http://www.leicestergalleries.com/19th-20th-century-paintings/d/vanity/11858
William Holman Hunt - Self-Portrait 1845
Apollo and Daphne - JW Waterhouse http://www.
Camellias
Circe - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/
Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus
Destiny - John William Waterhouse - http://www.
Diogenes of Sinope
Flora and the Zephyrs - http://
Hylas and the Nymphs 1896 - JW Waterhouse ('The poet Ezra Pound referred to this painting as 'Foreboding in the Pool'' - from JW Waterhouse website.)
"I Am Half-Sick of Shadows," Said the Lady of Shalott
In the Peristyle - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/
Juliet (AKA 'The Blue Necklace') 1898 - JW Waterhouse -http://www.
La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1893)
Miranda - JW Waterhouse - http://www.
Ophelia (1889) - http://preraphaelitepaintings.blogspot.com/2009/04/john-william-waterhouse-ophelia.html
Opelia (1894)
Portrait of the Artist's Wife - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/
Saint Eulalia - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death - http://www.
Study of a Female Figure with Rosary
The Bouquet (c1908) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/
The Lady of Shalott (1888) - http://www.tate.org.uk/
The Lady of Shalott - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/
The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot
The Magic Circle (1886) - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/
The Necklace (1909)
The Orange Gatherers
The Shrinesolomon
The Siren (circa 1900)
Thisbe
Ulysses and The Sirens 1891 - JW Waterhouse - http://www.
Undine
Vanity - http://www.leicestergalleries.com/19th-20th-century-paintings/d/vanity/11858
William Holman Hunt - Self-Portrait 1845
Sunday, 27 November 2011
John Everett Millais (1829–1896)
A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew's Day, Refusing to Shield Himself from Danger by Wearing the Roman Catholic Badge (1852)
An Idyll of 1745 (1884) - http://www.liverpoolmuseums. org.uk/online/exhibitions/ childhood/idyll.asp - 'Such idealised views of children as paragons of innocence, truth and morality were common in Victorian art.'
Apple Blossoms
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Bright Eyes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/bright-eyes-107424
Bubbles - http://www.liverpoolmuseums. org.uk/picture-of-month/ displaypicture.asp?venue=7&id= 299
Christ In His House In His Parents - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N03584
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Speedwell's Darling Blue - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/little-speedwells-darling-blue-102592
Mariana 1851 - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/T07553
Martyr of Solway - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/faith/martyrofsolway.asp
Mercy: St Bartholomew's Day 1572 (1886) - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01510
Miss Eveleen Tennant 1874 - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N05260
Meditation 1879 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/meditation-35598
Miss Anne Ryan - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N04536
Ophelia - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01506
Princess Elizabeth in Prison at St James's - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/princess-elizabeth-in-prison-at-st-jamess-12848
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - http://www.npg.org.uk/ collections/search/portrait/ mw05583/Robert-Arthur-Talbot- Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess- of-Salisbury?locid=35&wPage=1& rNo=24
The Bridesmaid- http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdirect/3637.html
The Convalescent (1875) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-convalescent-107425, http://www.aagm.co.uk/thecollections/objects/object/The-Convalescent
The Nest - http://www.liverpoolmuseums. org.uk/ladylever/collections/ thenest.asp
The Order of Release, 1746 - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01657
The Princes in the Tower - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-princes-in-the-tower-12847
The Prosrcibed Royalist (Proscribed - Denounce or condemn, Forbid, esp. by law)
The Return of the Dove to the Ark
Vale of Rest, The - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01507
An Idyll of 1745 (1884) - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.
Apple Blossoms
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Bright Eyes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/bright-eyes-107424
Bubbles - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.
Christ In His House In His Parents - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N03584
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Speedwell's Darling Blue - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/little-speedwells-darling-blue-102592
Mariana 1851 - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/T07553
Martyr of Solway - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/faith/martyrofsolway.asp
Mercy: St Bartholomew's Day 1572 (1886) - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01510
Miss Eveleen Tennant 1874 - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N05260
Meditation 1879 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/meditation-35598
Miss Anne Ryan - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N04536
Ophelia - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01506
Princess Elizabeth in Prison at St James's - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/princess-elizabeth-in-prison-at-st-jamess-12848
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - http://www.npg.org.uk/
Saint Stephen (1895) - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01563
Self-Portrait (1883) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/self-portrait-107423
Self-Portrait (1883) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/self-portrait-107423
Sisters
Sleeping
Sophie Gray 1857 - http:// preraphaelitepaintings. blogspot.com/2011/02/john- everett-millais-sophie-gray- 1857.html
Speak! Speak! (1895) - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01584
'The Black Brunswicker' (1860) - http://www.liverpoolmuseums. org.uk/ladylever/collections/ blackbrunswicker.asp
The Convalescent (1875) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-convalescent-107425, http://www.aagm.co.uk/thecollections/objects/object/The-Convalescent
The Nest - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.
The Order of Release, 1746 - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01657
The Princes in the Tower - http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-princes-in-the-tower-12847
The Prosrcibed Royalist (Proscribed - Denounce or condemn, Forbid, esp. by law)
The Return of the Dove to the Ark
Vale of Rest, The - http://beta.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01507
Waking
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