Whittington, Dick
Whittington, Dick ( Richard) (1358–1423) English merchant, Lord Mayor of London on several occasions between 1397 and 1420. The son of a knight, he became wealthy dealing in fine cloths. He made loans to Henry IV and Henry V, and endowed many charitable institutions. He is, however, best known as the subject of a legend about a poor boy and his cat, who come to London to make their fortune.
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Brothers in art; With the Pre-Raphaelites in the spotlight, Sally Hoban looks at Birmingham's link to the artistic movement.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...works by or attributed to the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers. For example...own an antique inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites, look out for original Victorian...a strong connection with the Pre-Raphaelites. The city rightly boasts that...
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A passion for art; Sally Hoban explores the romantic world of the Pre-Raphaelites and the role of their stunning models.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 5/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...fascinating private lives of the Pre- Raphaelites should instantly recognise Annie...for a drama series about the Pre-Raphaelites entitled, appropriately enough...was an early supporter of the Pre-Raphaelites, even though the young artists...
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Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/22/2009; 481 words
; ...Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites. Franny Moyle. John Murray...continuing attraction of the Pre-Raphaelites is seen in this latest examination...drama to which it was tied. The Pre-Raphaelites' appeal lies in their closeness...
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LIFESTYLE: Private lives of raffish rebels; Franny Moyles talks to Lorne Jackson about her book revealing the free-living ways of the Pre-Raphaelites.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 2/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...with the timeless work of the Pre-Raphaelites, as Birmingham Museum and Art...relationships towards women. When the Pre-Raphaelites were in full flight, revolution...had generic models. But the Pre-Raphaelites were inviting women to play...
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Passion and paranoia with the Pre-Raphaelites
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/30/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...been held in the past decade. A Pre-Raphaelite show opens in Stockholm...tales of Ruskin and the chief Pre-Raphaelites through three decades, to the...propriety of this review, but the Pre-Raphaelites' appeal is perennial. Moreover...
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Painting for reputation: the Pre-Raphaelites, John Ruskin, and the Victorian press.
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Ruskin intervened behalf of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by writing...on 9 May 1851, the myth of the Pre-Raphaelites as persecuted rebel artists was...portrait. Interestingly, the Pre-Raphaelites' detailed rendering of visual...
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The naughtiest Victorian.(Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites Traveling exhibit, 2006 Catalog...SIMEON SOLOMON, a gay, Jewish Pre-Raphaelite painter of the 19th...Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites (2005). Solomon's verse reveals...
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The Pre-Raphaelites.
Magazine article from: Victorian Poetry; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...David Riede's overview of "The Pre-Raphaelite School," in the Blackwell...arguably the greatest poet among the Pre-Raphaelites" (p. 317), and interprets the...the most important legacy of Pre-Raphaelitism, a widespread acceptance...
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Millais, Ruskin, and the love triangle which tore apart the pre- Raphaelites ; HOME
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Millais exhibition, said Effie was central to the Pre-Raphaelites tory. She said: "She was a highly intelligent...Charles Dickens, by championing the work of the Pre-Raphaelites - a bohemian "brotherhood" of experimental painters...
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Beautiful dreamers: A new book chronicling the passionate circle of the Pre-Raphaelites glows with their marvelous paintings and their dedication to beauty in all areas of life. (On our Bookshelf).(Pre-Raphaelites at Home)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Victoria; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...was swept up in thc tide. In her group biography, Pre-Raphaelites at Home (Watson Guptill), Pamela Todd explores the innovative band of artists who dubbed themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and vowed to adopt approaches...
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Pre-Raphaelites
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pre-Raphaelites , brotherhood of English painters...poetry as well as painting, the Pre-Raphaelites turned away from the growing materialism...painters founded in Rome in 1810, the Pre-Raphaelites declared themselves devotees of nature...
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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ( PRB ). The name...primitivism and ugliness. The fortunes of the Pre-Raphaelites improved greatly after they were publicly...who are each remembered for only a single Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece— Henry...
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Pre-Raphaelitism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...for Symbolism . The painters who continued the Pre-Raphaelite tradition in the 20th century include...fashioned, and the reputations of the original Pre-Raphaelites slumped. Robin Ironside's book Pre-Raphaelite Painters , published in 1948 to...
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelites . In addition to attending the...them formed the brotherhood of Pre-Raphaelites. In an effort to spread their...John Ruskin championed the Pre-Raphaelites, and shortly thereafter made...
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Dyce, William
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
...approach formed a bridge between the Nazarenes and the Pre-Raphaelites , and Ruskin said that it was Dyce who gave him his ‘real introduction’ to the Pre-Raphaelites when, at the 1849 Royal Academy exhibition, he...
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