tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post4367859271102515505..comments2024-01-11T22:43:16.003+00:00Comments on Pre Raphaelite Influenced Art: The Model Wife: Effie, Ruskin and MillaisHermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post-85342146295556508812011-02-02T07:25:09.240+00:002011-02-02T07:25:09.240+00:00I must try and find this. I agree with you about R...I must try and find this. I agree with you about Ruskin who always seemed on the edge of genius / madness and tipped over with Rose. Millais seems the sort of chap you would like to go for a drink with.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post-41100259103443960552011-02-02T02:03:19.419+00:002011-02-02T02:03:19.419+00:00what really is "the model wife" tho?what really is "the model wife" tho?Poetry of the Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198064593715494884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post-39924222060119018502011-02-01T22:46:32.091+00:002011-02-01T22:46:32.091+00:00I always felt so sorry for Effie, being stuck with...I always felt so sorry for Effie, being stuck with the pompous, self centred and apparently virginal John Ruskin. Did he have a mother problem?<br /><br />So yes it was a great story that she and Millais found each other, before it was too late for her to have a life.<br /><br />But more importantly for art history, Effie allowed herself (of course) but also her sisters and daughters to model for Millais in images that represent some of the very best of Pre Raphaelite art. I would be gay in a heartbeat for the women in those paintings.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com