the 'PreRaphaelite Brotherhood'

[Theres]

since they've become so popular lately, i thought we should check out just who guys were. the actual 'Brotherhood' was short lived association of just seven members...

http://members.tripod.com/adm/popup/roadmap.shtml?member_name=blinfool&path=page3.html&client_ip=205.188.208.138&ts=1019165495&ad_type=POPUP&id=8038f5616ff42a4d57c9133ffa944b19

and some good titles...

'The Pre-Raphaelites; Inspiration From the Past' by Terri Hardin
'The Pre-Rafaelites' by Trewin Copplestone (great name!)
'The Art of the Pre-Rafaelites' by Edmund Swinglehurst
'Goblin Market' by Christina Rossetti (this is cool)

and...
'J W Waterhouse' by Anthony Hobson (not PRB, but beautiful pictures)

[Azure]

Thanks, I'm a huge - HUGE - PBR fan.

Of note, there's a play that's been running in NYC about the controversial relationship between John Everett Millais and Effie Ruskin called "The Countess."

The script was written by Gregory Murphy, and I very much recommend it. It's one of the most bizarro romances ever to come out of the Victorian era.

[Theres]

this is interesting too. it's the poem 'Goblin Market' by Christina Rossetti.
a delightfully wicked little fantasy, and quite erotic considering the repressed Victorian era.
this is the text...
http://users.crocker.com/~lwm/goblin.html

the edition i have is illustrated by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. i wish i could have found an illustrated site!

[Azure]

There's a great set of illustrations by Arthur Rackham as well. There's a website called Art Passions that has those. I don't know the URL offhand, but if you put that into your search engine it should show up.