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A Royal Frame in the Egyptian Taste…

…from the exhibition Cairo to Constantinople: Early Photographs of the Middle East, at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, 8 March – 21 July 2013 and at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham… more →

the frame blog

Goat, Feet, Mirror, Stairs — 12 comments

Sian White wrote 1 week ago: William Holman Hunt, ‘Scapegoat’ (1856) Robert Rauschenberg, ‘Monogram’ (195 … more →

Tags: Art History 2, Image Essays, Art, Art History, Burne-Jones, Dali, duchamp, History of Art, Metamorphoses

Victory: Inspiration

Rebecca Rolf wrote 2 weeks ago: View the inspiration for my next collection of paintings exclusively for ‘People’: A Fig … more →

Tags: Art, Artist, bankside, gallery, Inspiration, London, NEW art, Oil Painting, Painting

Divide and fall: Reflecting on UKIP, Politics, and Faith — 2 comments

trystanowainhughes wrote 3 weeks ago: The success of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the recent local elections may well be a protest … more →

Tags: Faith and Politics, Christ, Conservative, David Cameron, EU, Immigration, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Rene Girard, scapegoats

May Day Traditions

Sarah wrote 3 weeks ago: Maypole dancing is a tradition I can remember doing as a girl in a small Oxfordshire village, and I … more →

Tags: Recipes, Traditions, childrens costumes, cowslip, crystallised flowers, Edible flowers, Flowers, historical edible flowers, Magdalen College

A Royal Frame in the Egyptian Taste... — 6 comments

theframeblog wrote 1 month ago: …from the exhibition Cairo to Constantinople: Early Photographs of the Middle East, at The Que … more →

Tags: Articles, antique frames, Cockspur Street, Egyptian, Foord & Dickinson, Frames, joseph green, lotus flower, owen jones

Love in the frame: or, Eros gets everywhere... — 2 comments

theframeblog wrote 3 months ago: The portraits and frames of John Brett, Pre-Raphaelite landscape painter John Brett, Lady with a dov … more →

Tags: Articles, antique frames, Arthur Hughes, Burn-Jones, Cherubs, Christina Rossetti, Dolman, Erôtes, Ford Madox Brown

A final look at Pre-Raphaelite frames... — 4 comments

theframeblog wrote 5 months ago: …in the exhibition Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde at Tate Britain (12 Sept. 2012 … more →

Tags: Articles, antique frames, Bancroft Collection, birmingham art gallery, Burn-Jones, candelabrum ornament, days of creation, entablature, Fogg Museum

More Pre-Raphaelite frames... — 4 comments

theframeblog wrote 6 months ago: …in the exhibition Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde at Tate Britain (12 Sept. 2012 … more →

Tags: Articles, antique frames, Birmingham City Art Gallery, Christ in the Carpenter's Shop, Frames, Isabella & the pot of basil, Laing Art Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery, May Morning

Pre-Raphaelites @ Tate Britain — 1 comment

Lizzy Vartanian Collier wrote 6 months ago: Love them or hate them: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the marmite of art history have landed centr … more →

Tags: Art, Tate Britain, London 2*, London, William Morris, Arts and Crafts, pre-raphaelites, Edward Burne-Jones, Tate Britain

Lean out of the window, Goldenhair

Dappled wrote 6 months ago: I am in love with Millais.   You saw that coming, no? I mean, I am overdramatic, I love auburn … more →

Tags: Responses, pre-raphaelites, victorian avant garde, Tate Britain, Millais, Ruskin, Effie Gray

Debi's big day out — 2 comments

debievans wrote 7 months ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. I had a totally self indulgent day in London yesterday – s … more →

Tags: Travel, Pre-Raphaelite, victorian avant garde, radio 2, Stand Up For Pudsey, Children in Need, The Jersey Boys, Millais, Tate Britain

Artful Monday: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Pt. 2 — 1 comment

Rachel wrote 7 months ago: I’m naming this one part two, as I have previously posted on Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s wo … more →

Tags: Articles, Art, Paintings, Pre-Raphaelite, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, William Morris, Millais, Ruskin

Pre-Raphaelite frames... — 4 comments

theframeblog wrote 7 months ago: …in the exhibition Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde at Tate Britain (12 Sept. 2012 … more →

Tags: Articles, Brett, Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown, Millais, Nazarenes, pre-raphaelites, Rossetti, Sandys

Sex lurks in the shadows of the Pre-Raphaelites - phallic symbols in Isabella by Millais — 2 comments

keatsbabe wrote 8 months ago: FAIR Isabel, poor simple Isabel!  Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love’s eye!  They could not in the self … more →

Tags: Keats, History 2, Art, Poetry, John Keats, Tate Britain, pre-raphaelites, Millais, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Holman Hunt's Beard — 2 comments

loafinglunches wrote 9 months ago: I was at the Athenaeum for lunch on Friday. Rather odd to be in a gentlemen’s club with the windows … more →

Tags: Food, Drink, club, London, scrying stone, Tories, sex, Athenaeum, Oscar Wilde

A Journey Through The Past: Scanning Old Photos

Michael Brooks wrote 9 months ago: Just as long-dead stars seem still to exist because we see the light they emitted aeons ago, so old … more →

Tags: Photography, Camera Equipment, photo scanner, Jesse Jackson, trafalgar square, London, epsom, Derby, Fair

Occupy Blogoshpere 27 — 4 comments

wightrabbit wrote 10 months ago: Last Thursday, Amy, author of Souldipper decided to ‘Occupy Art’, inviting comment on a … more →

Tags: occupy, Occupy Blogosphere, Art, The Light of the World, Pre-Raphaelite

Places of Inspiration Part 2: The Heavenly City: A View of London — 2 comments

scskillman wrote 1 year ago: A poster of famous London landmarks (1989 Christopher Rogers) What is your view of the city? Is it a … more →

Tags: Art, Books, British mystery romance writer, Buildings, Culture, Empowerment, Faith, History, Inspiration

Candlemas with All (the) Saints — 1 comment

agreenthought wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia We are huddled like fledglings in a nest box, wrapped in layers of sensible clot … more →

Tags: Aberdeenshire, Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, snowdrops, candlemas


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