[La Belle Iseult - William Morris]
1858, oil on canvas
1858, oil on canvas
model : Jane Burden (later Jane Morris)
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=10322&searchid=24410
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Posted by Roger Homan
Prof. Roger Homan considers how the Pre-Raphaelite model Jane Burden changed our collective mental image of the appearance of angels.
http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000614.php
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http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000614.php
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[Jane Morris, 1865]
Huh...I never thought it was Jane Morris in Burne-Jones' stained glass and paintings. I wonder where the author got that idea.
ReplyDeleteGreat article though!
She was a fascinating woman and it is easy to see why both Morris and Rossettii fell so deeply in love with her.
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