Victorian studies
Australasian Victorian Studies Association
The AVSA 2013 conference will be held at the University of Melbourne's Parkville campus. The final conference program is now available.
THE SCHAEFFER FINE ARTS LIBRARY - Power Institute
The Schaeffer Fine Arts Library is one of the leading art libraries in Australia in terms of the academic quality and breadth of its holdings. The collection incorporates the Power Research Library of Contemporary Art and the Power Visual Resources Library . The library also houses a permanent exhibition of works by John Wardell Power, whose bequest provided for the establishment of the library collection.
The Public Value of Victorian Studies | Journal of Victorian Culture Online
'Victorian Values' by Peter Davies This September the British Association of Victorian Studies gathered for its annual conference at the University of Birmingham to explore the theme ‘Composition and Decomposition’.
The power of viewing original art - News - Art Fund
This week we ask: If digital images can capture works of art with high levels of detail, is there still a need to experience them in a museum? Ophelia by Millais, 1851-52 As the national fundraising charity for works of art we are always encouraging our members to make the most of their National Art Pass and visit museums and galleries.The Love School (broadcast in the U.S. as The Brotherhood ) is a BBC television drama series originally broadcast in 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood , written by John Hale , Ray Lawler , Robin Chapman and John Prebble . It was directed by Piers Haggard , John Glenister and Robert Knights . It was shown during January and February 1975. [ 1 ] Each episode was 75 minutes in length.
The Love School
So, I've been horribly remiss in posting here. Part of that is a great reason...I've been distracted by offline enjoyments, like running my first 5k race.
The Beautiful Necessity: More Pre-Raphaelite Fiction
Sarah Parker is a doctoral student at University of Birmingham. She recently submitted her PhD thesis, entitled ‘The Lesbian Muse: Homoeroticism, Contemporary Muse Figures and Female Poetic Identity’. Her article ‘A Girl’s Love’: Lord Alfred Douglas as Homoerotic Muse in the Poetry of Olive Custance’ is published Women: A Cultural Review (Vol 22, Issue 2-3).
The Future of Victorian Studies: The Postgraduate Perspective | Journal of Victorian Culture Online
The Palace Journal | Library
The People's Palace began in 1886 with the purpose of providing an educational and cultural centre for the local east end community. 2012 marks 125 years from the opening of the Queen’s Hall of the People’s Palace.
What do we imagine when we think of Dickens, and why? This was the question with which Lynda Nead began her keynote at Dickens and the Visual Imagination this week, and one which I kept coming back to over the last few days, with a couple of instances prompting further reflection on Nead's talk.
Dickens's buildings and the partial perspective, 15/07/12, Charlotte's Research blog
Have you heard about this beautiful project?
Tag Archives: Video
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde is the major new exhibition which opened today (12 September 2012 – 13 January 2013) at Tate Britain at Millbank in London. Back in 1984 there was a major retrospective of the Pre-Raphaelites.
MAKING A MARK: Review - Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde at Tate Britain
I'm absolutely in awe of the Edwardian fashion shown in Downton Abbey and have since discovered other beautiful (and some not so beautiful) outfits from that era.