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Pre-Raphaelites
Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion | Christopher Newall, Ann Bukantas
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Featuring more than 100 works of art from celebrated Pre-Raphaelite artists, this fascinating new research into Pre-Raphaelite painters and collectors positions Liverpool as the Victorian art capital of the north.
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Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion | Christopher Newall, Ann Bukantas
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Being required to take my remaining annual leave before April, I used a day to visit the lovely Lady Lever Art Gallery on the Wirral, and naturally came away with a book. This is one in a series of catalogues I have from museums for exhibitions I didn't see!
I did, however, see some of my favourite Pre-Raphaelite paintings, including Burne-Jones's The Beguiling of Merlin and Holman-Hunt's The Scapegoat. 🎨😌🎨

TrishB Both worth going for. 13mo
Bookwomble @TrishB For sure - I was going for the Pre-Raphaelites but deliberately didn't remind myself which they had so I'd be surprised. The Scapegoat was amazing to see as you enter the main gallery, but "I released a breath I didn't know I was holding" ? when I saw Merlin ? 13mo
TrishB Burne-Jones has always been a favourite ❤️ 13mo
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Bookwomble @TrishB I had a poster of his "Depths of the Sea" on my bedroom wall when I was a teenager ???‍♀️ 13mo
marleed I‘m sorry for your loss. I second Daisy Jones because it‘s a full cast audio and might really work if there a various listeners in your car. the House in the Cerulean Sea is a fun feel good story with great narration too! 13mo
Bookwomble @marleed I think you may have accidentally cross-posted 🙂 13mo
marleed Oh thank you - that was meant for WorldsOkayestStepMom as she travels for a family funeral. But your museum visit looks fascinating! 13mo
TrishB That‘s pretty cool 😁 13mo
Bookwomble @TrishB My dad thought it was weird - it wasn't a football team or Samantha Fox! 13mo
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble I though of The WHO‘s pictures of Lilly when I read this. I‘m the same age as Sam Fox and she became a phenomenon when I was an apprentice. There were pictures of her pasted all over the canteen in the yard. Looking back now, pics of a 17 year old girl were being put up by blokes in their 40s. No wonder girls didn‘t sign up for trade apprenticeships. 13mo
bibliothecarivs @Bookwomble I'm glad you got to see some Pre- Raphaelite works. Their paintings are hit-or-miss for me but when they're a hit, they're amazing. In fact, Millais' Mariana is my favourite painting. Also, I had a nearly life-size poster of Mel Gibson as William Wallace on my bedroom ceiling as a teenager. No room on my walls and no accounting for what teenage boys enjoy looking at 😄 13mo
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja My dad was a builder's labourer, and our ideas of appropriate wall art were different! I think he thought I was a Midwich Cuckoo 😐😄 13mo
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble well as you like a bit of art, maybe you‘ll look forward to this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64729309.amp 13mo
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja "He didn't just make art, he was art!" I love this quote from Nile Rogers in the article. Thank you for sharing ? I know at least one thing I'll be doing in 2025 ??‍? 13mo
Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs Mariana is jewel-like. Such amazing colours! 🌈 13mo
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble 🙌🏼 I hope you get to go and I hope you enjoy 13mo
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