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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Pre-Raphaelite"”.
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The influence of British literature upon pre-Raphaelite painting
<p>It has been the object of the writer, in preparing this thesis, to emphasize the influence of British literature upon the Pre-Rapheelite Brotherhood of painters who lived and worked during the reign of Queen Victoria. It is the hope of the writer to show, in treating these artists who revived …
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A British Symbolist in Pre-Raphaelite circles : Edward Robert Hughes RWS
… Robert Hughes RWS (1851-1914). A nephew of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Arthur Hughes (1832-1915), Hughes made a career as a portraitist and draughtsman and as an exhibiting watercolourist, specialising in highly-finished compositions of literary and allegorical subjects. The first chapter …
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The hidden Pre-Raphaelite : the art and writings of Frederic George Stephens from 1848–70
This interdisciplinary thesis presents a fresh assessment of the art and writings of Frederic George Stephens (1827–1907), one of the seven founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, during the period from 1848 until 1870. Despite his centrality within the Pre-Raphaelite circle, and his …
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Millais’ Modern Christ: Religion and Critical Responses to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in Nineteenth Century England
<p>This thesis explores how the press reviewed Pre-Raphaelite paintings in the years 1849 and 1850 with a partial review of 1851. In particular, the focus is on the controversial painting Christ in the House of his Parents by John Everett Millais. This painting became a physical symbol of the many …
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Life, achievements and influence of Thomas Combe of Oxford (1796-1872)
… his wife, Martha, bequeathed their collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and a few other paintings, to the University of Oxford. Most of these had been bought from the artists themselves at a formative time in their careers and it is not surprising that books on Pre-Raphaelite art, from that …
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Deciphering the Real through Artifice: A Study of the Gaze in Victorian Art
… novel, The Professor, the early work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and George Eliot's novella, "The Lifted Veil." Brontë's narrator and protagonist of The Professor is an obsessive gazer who decodes the faces of those around him to find inner character; even though his gaze fails at …
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Pre-Raphaelitism and the professional ideal : art, criticism, and sexuality
… to the development and transformation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood between the late 1840s and the 1880s. The first chapter examines how one might relate the recent theoretical work on nineteenth-century professionalism by Harold Perkin to the distinctive art practice of the …
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Medieval Courtly Love: The Links between Courtly Love, Christianity, and the Roles of Women in Tennyson and Morris.
… facets that extend into different areas. In the Pre-Raphaelite and Medieval periods, love was more formulated with rules, moral standards, and codes. Courtly love is often seen as the "love" practiced by kings, queens, and other nobility because of the mystique that surrounds legendary stories …
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Eve and the creation cycle: Christina Rossetti's reaction to John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
… the influence of her association with the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, and most specifically, her reaction to Milton's depiction of Eve in Paradise Lost. She reconstructs Milton's Eve in her own poetry. This treatise will examine a selection of poetry by Christina Rossetti, in specific her …
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Saintly ecstasies: the appropriation and secularisation of saintly imagery in the paintings and poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
… background to a discussion of his admiration for pre-Reformation art. The concern which he displayed in his own paintings and poems for saintly legend and theological mysteries will be shown to have its origins in early Christian art, as well as in the apocryphal lives of the saints and the …
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Forma em fluxo: transformações na concepção estética do objeto no século XIX
… an analysis is made of the ties between the Pre-Raphaelite and the Arts and Crafts movements, pointing out the link between painting and the decorative arts. A theoretical model is set up through the discussion of the concept of stylization, as encountered in the works of Ruskin, Owen Jones …
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Victorian Children's Book Illustrations
… illustrations of nursery rhymes gave new interpretations to familiar texts, some of which furthered shifts in gender roles for both males and females. Andrew Lang’s fairy tale series, illustrated by H. J. Ford, walked a fine line between high art ideals and consumerism. Ford’s illustrations …
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Mermaids and Sirens as Androgynous Figures in Victorian Art and Literature 1870-1915
… art and literature. It focuses on three Pre-Raphaelite artists – Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919) and John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) – who produced prolific mermaid and siren output, alongside their literary and biographical influences. Several other …
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The twelve large colour prints of William Blake: a study on techniques, materials and context
… between 1795 and 1805. The series of prints represents the single most important and complete development of Blake’s skill as an innovative printmaker. Although they include some of Blake’s best-known images, they have not been studied before in their entirety or from the point of view of …
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The Narrative Print in the Works of John William North (1842-1924), George John Pinwell (1842-1875) and Frederick Walker (1840-1875)
… occurred a dozen years after the arrival of the Pre-Raphaelite artists in 1848 on the London art scene. The group awoke a regular critical response to Art in national newspapers, so that by the time that North, Pinwell and Walker were working in the graphic arena of wood engraving, they too fell …
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From Rio to Romola: Morality and Didacticism in the English Appreciation of Early Italian Art 1836-1863
… to the principles which had governed the appreciation of old master painting in previous decades. It also studies the ramifications of this discourse with regards to broader conceptions of art history, both in works of criticism and in spaces of display. The discussion focuses upon the …
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A Reassessment of the Work of Arthur O’Shaughnessy
… of poetic trends, or a shadowy bit player in a Pre-Raphaelite drama. This thesis argues that O’Shaughnessy’s life and work are of greater significance than has yet been acknowledged. My readings of his work suggest that rather than being an imitator of literary giants, O’Shaughnessy was an …
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Rewriting Christina Rossetti : cross-gendered sibling rivalry, fraternal intervention and the counter-poetics of dissidence
… I also investigate her standing regarding the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a relation which is more problematic than is generally believed, maintaining that she was excluded from equal membership within this glamorous circle while simultaneously strategically important to them, both as a poet …
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Eve and the Madonna in Victorian Art
Abstract This study identifies and addresses representations of Eve and the Madonna exhibited at seven well-known London venues during the Victorian era (1838-1901). The subjects of Eve and the Madonna are here selected for detailed analysis from the broader context of Victorian religious subject …
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Wallace Stevens' parodies of the order of paradise
<p>On a first reading, Wallace Stevens‘ poems present a confusing spectrum of mutually cancelling ideas and opaque images that defy translation to rational terms. The author intends to foster some confusion, and not to present poetic theorems. But part of the surface ambiguity resolves itself on …
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