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artlust.bsky.social
I don’t agree.

I have scores of people who like art but really like the PreRaph on my channel. They say it’s evocative and pretty.

Pretty is something art historians often hate
December 26, 2024 at 1:43 AM
justlivinglife.bsky.social
Ok but now I'm picturing preRaph+Mikey where poor Leo was hungry until Donnie can feed him 😢
March 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
meisterdrucke.com
Happy 197th birthday to John Everett Millais, born June 8, 1829.

In "The Blind Girl", a double rainbow stretches across the countryside while the young woman in crimson cannot see it. A butterfly rests quietly on her shawl, making the painting not about sight but about perception.

#art #PreRaph...
John Everett Millais, The Blind Girl (oil on canvas, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery). Two young women sit in an open English field. The older woman wears a deep crimson shawl over her head and a rust-orange skirt; her eyes are closed — she is blind. A small butterfly rests on her shawl. The younger figure leans against her. A vivid double rainbow arches across a stormy blue-grey sky above a green meadow dotted with cattle and distant village buildings. Ravens stand in the field to the right.
June 8, 2026 at 7:01 AM
novemberalice.bsky.social
Seen the #preraph exhibition twice today at #tate. Stunning. Liked it a lot.
November 19, 2024 at 7:35 PM
kambriel.com
'Tis the final evening to pre-order the upcoming Elizabeth Siddal books via my friends' kickstarter (you'll even spy some Kambriel clothing designs & illustrated art within)! 🌹

www.elizabethsiddal.com
Macabre yet lush cover mockup for the upcoming Lizzie Siddal gothic pre-Raphaelite poetry chapbook. Green background with skull, owl, and poppy, gilded lettering, and debossed photo of romantic woman with fiery hair. Cover design for upcoming new photographic art book featuring some of the poetry of pre-Raphaelite Elizabeth Siddal. Shrouded woman in mournful black lace (wardrobe by Kambriel). Stark black stylized poppies, hand-drawn by Kambriel. To be featured in a hardbound chapbook for the poetry of preRaph muse Lizzie Siddal. (ElizabethSiddal.com & Kambriel.com)
May 4, 2024 at 2:37 AM
nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social
Some now ex-friends told me I 'reminded them of Fuchsia' in a way that seemed to be derogatory. I have something of a PreRaph/'90s/Gothic æsthetic, but my 'romantic poses' have always been v self-aware & deployed with irony.
July 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social
Sad news. I have a rather PreRaph-y Moorcroft vase on the mantelpiece.
April 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social
Yes… Memories of student group in 1980s, dominated by 'political lesbians'. I was New Romantic/Goth-y girl who likes wearing velvet & with PreRaph hair… Scolded for wearing skirts & long hair, 'too romantic', 'not political enough'. I got on better with gay men bcos less judgemental.
January 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
ruamann.bsky.social
Ophelia by John Everett Millais, 1852. #art #romantic #preraphaelite #artnouveau #shakespeare #hamlet #medieval #medievalism #preraph #kelmscott #Millais #fantasy #painting #illustration
So, the painting is in the shape of a wide arch and it's on a white background, surely for a particular frame which must have been beautfiul. The painting is mostly green and brown. It's a girl floating on a narrow waterway between the reeds, greenery floating on the water and the overhanging bushes, she is surrounded by flora. The shallow water is clear over the brown riverbed and an overhanging dead log mirrors the colour. The girl is young, pale and beautiful. She's wearing a pale, orbate dress which is mostly submerged and spread out in the water, but the bodice is covered in pearls and decoration. She gazez up at the sky and her mouth is open. One hand pokes up out of the water, relaxed, palm up in expression. The other clutches a colourful string of flowers? Blooms in yellow, white, red, blue, pink and purple seem to be woven together by the stems (and coming apart) and she's clutching the assemblage in one hand. She is horizontal in the water in front of us with her head to our left and her feet to our right. From Wiki: "Ophelia is an 1851–52 painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais in the collection of Tate Britain, London. It depicts Ophelia, a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_(painting)
December 31, 2024 at 2:22 AM
auntiep.bsky.social
Addition to the above: I have now found a Louisa Mary Gifford who died and was buried in St John's, Milton in 1907. So they are earlier than I thought, but still a bit late for PreRaph. Should have re-checked my 15 year-old notes! #WillIEverLearn
February 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
@beguilingmerlin i'm so glad you enjoy. i take requests you know, so please let me know if you'd like me to look at any preraph poem...
February 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
#FF follow @beguilingmerlin for great preraph pics and articles
February 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
was fascinated to read about 'Fanny Eaton, Forgotten Preraph Stunner' http://stellahalliwell.co.uk/
Simple Living Stella – Living slowly, savouring the momen...
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February 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
Fashion blog compares Rossetti painting to Lana Del Rey. what's next? preraph 'videogames'? http://bit.ly/yV3OEK
February 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
@valeriemeachum apparently, undiscovered preraph pictures are like buses!
February 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
@tabsinthe gorgeous. love those colours. frankly, almost every preraph could compete in future 'love triangle of the week' competitions!
February 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
@beguilingmerlin I wish you could be there too. Absolutely love your preraph blogging. Really hope we can meet one day ...
February 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
#ff for intelligent and entertaining preraph fun @beguilingmerlin @boccabaciata @nouveaudigital @Verity_Holloway
February 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
RT @nouveaudigital Only just saw this but had to RT for the inspired preraph photos! @boccabaciata http://ow.ly/cbO9T
Stunning Competition!
pre-raphaelite blog, Pre-Raphaelite blog, Victorian, Ross...
ow.ly
February 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
#FF for preraph goodness @serena_t @ghirlandia @nouveaudigital @MorrisSocietyUS @PreRaphSoc @thevicsoc
February 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
Which preraph painter aspired 'to be mistaken for a swell'? Check out the surprising answer at the ibtauris blog http://bit.ly/QImYJK
February 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
@beguilingmerlin so pleased you enjoyed it! Do you have a favourite preraph poem or poet? d xx
February 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
RT @serena_t Great, balanced review review of Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde http://wp.me/pmv6u-ko #preraph
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
The long-awaited Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at Tate Britai...
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February 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
View the rarely seen Burne-Jones' Tristram and Iseult' at Tate Britain. http://bit.ly/OiZ8Um #preraph http://twitpic.com/awivag
February 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
preraphsrule.bsky.social
The Guardian reviews new preraph book 'Wives and Stunners' http://bit.ly/Un4wHD
February 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM