Literature in the Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
From its very inception, subjects taken from the literature were a staple for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Shakespeare, Keats, and Tennyson were...
Anastasia Manioudaki 4 December 2023
From its very inception, subjects taken from the literature were a staple for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Shakespeare, Keats, and Tennyson were...
Anastasia Manioudaki 4 December 2023
Elaine, the white lady of Shalott, was portrayed in a painting by John William Waterhouse escaping a tower where she was only able to see the world...
Guest Profile 12 November 2023
Here she is, Ophelia from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, gracefully descending into a stream while collecting wildflowers. Overwhelmed by grief...
Zuzanna Stańska 12 November 2023
The subject of this eerie painting by John William Waterhouse is Miranda, a character from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. She was detained on...
Guest Profile 12 November 2023
We have prepared a story about this truly warm painting that can leave you in flames… Ladies and Gentlemen, Flaming June by Sir Frederic...
Joanna Kaszubowska 12 November 2023
Anyone who knows of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood will remember their style by the representation of a very particular type of woman – the ones...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 1 July 2023
Each piece of jewelry in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s paintings worn by his models wasn’t invented but copied from actual accessories from the...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 29 June 2023
Read the story of Beata Beatrix by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of the key members of the Pre-Raphaelites movement. Discover the fascinating meanings...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 12 May 2023
Autumn weather can be unpredictable. Some days the earth looks as if cut out of crystal: the sky is a milky blue, and the sunlight is sparkling and...
Hannah Demaine 23 October 2022
In 1879, Frederic Leighton’s biographer and neighbor (that’s handy, isn’t it?), Mrs. Barrington, noticed “a young girl with a lovely white...
Magda Michalska 13 September 2022
Hold on to your broomstick as we fly through time to check out the delicious and diabolical witch in art history.
Candy Bedworth 31 May 2022
Guildhall Art Gallery is hosting a fascinating new exhibition examining the ways in which visual artists have taken inspiration from the literary...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 2 May 2022