Lorenzo and Isabella by John Everett Millais, 1849.
This work illustrates John Keats poem Isabella, whose work the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood much admired.
Category: England
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Foresight
Julia Margaret Cameron, Photographer.
Julia Margaret Cameron began taking photos on her 48 birthday and when photography was still in its infancy. Not only was she among the first to use photography as an art, but she also copyrighted and kept excellent records of her photographs. Julia Jackson was her niece and namesake, and later Jackson would become the mother of the author Virginia Woolf.
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Not What it Seems
Prosperity – The Holy Place by Damien Hirst, 2006.
This work is created out of butterflies and the perfect symmetry of the insects is mirrored in the perfect symmetry of the work. At first glance it appears to be a stained glass window.
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Sweet Joy
William Blake, Infant Joy, From the Songs of Innocence, 1789.
‘I have no name;
I am but two days old.’
What shall I call thee?
‘I happy am,
Joy is my name.’
Sweet joy befall thee!
Pretty joy!
Sweet joy, but two days old.
Sweet joy I call thee:
Thou dost smile,
I sing the while;
Sweet joy befall thee!
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Can This Marriage Be Saved?
William Hogarth, The Marriage Contract, from the Marriage a la Mode series,1745, Tate Gallery, London.
Hogarth is known for his satire and was one of the most innovative artists of the 18th century. His art was made for the common man, largely to teach moral lessons.
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Apple Blossoms
Spring (Apple Blossoms) by John Everett Millais.
Millais is one of the founding members of the 19th century British artist group known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He achieved the most fame of the group and eventually came to lead the Royal Academy he had rebelled against.
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Pre-Pre-Raphaelite
The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown, Tate Collection
Brown was a huge influence on the Pre-Raphaelites. He is often grouped together with them even though he was considerably older than them and had been working for years. He received his training in Belgium and Paris.
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For the Birds
Saint Francis and the Birds, 1935 by Sir Stanley Spencer.
St. Francis seems to be given a comical take as he appears to admonish the heavens for giving him the admiration of the animals, in this particular case, birds. The model for St. Francis was the artist’s father who is shown wearing a bathrobe rather than the monk’s robe St. Francis would have worn.
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May I Borrow Your Pen?
The Castlereagh Inkstand, 1818-1820, Paul Storr and Philip Rundell, London, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
This was a political gift given in recognition for the diplomatic and and negotiating skills of Viscount Castlereagh in negotiating alliances against Napoleon.
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Fruit Selling Gone Wrong
Frontispiece for Goblin Market, 1933 by Arthur Rackham.
Rackham’s illustrations for Christina Rossetti’s poem are full of the detail that make his artwork popular with young and old, alike.
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