Pre raphaelite brotherhood

An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London explores 12 women's contributions to the male-dominated artistic circle

I found a new toy tonight as I was finding Pre-Raphaelite inspiration to share. Polyvore - a site where you can make little style statements to publish. I just stumbled on it and immediately got sucked in. But here is what I really wanted to show you:

National Gallery of Art

Controversy and conservatism in Victorian England

Armand Point (1860-1932) - Colour Thy Soul

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed in London in 1848 by seven young artistic radicals who rejected the ‘loose’ handling of some 18th century painters, in favour of a detailed finish and deliberate simplicity which they perceived in the work of artists before Raphael (1483-1520), the Classical painter of the Italian Renaissance. They found inspiration in

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A glance at three masterpieces by English painter John William Waterhouse where he depicted Circe, the dread goddess of Homer's Odyssey.

On 14 December 2017 John Roddam Spencer Stanhope’s Penelope will form part of the Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art sale. The painting depicts in exquisite detail the story of Penelope from Homer’s famous epic poem the Odyssey. For millennia Penelope’s tale has represented"u2026