Past and Present. Edward Burne-Jones, His Medieval Sources and Their Relevance to His Personal Journey
October 2009
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Selected Publications
Edward Burne-Jones: The Earthly Paradise (das irdische Paradies)
Selected Authors/Editors
William Waters
Peter Nahum
Selected Artists
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Selected Artworks
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
Bible Moralisée Paris from the Bodleian Library, Oxford
Oyseuse admitting the lover through the gate of the Garden of Pleasure, Roman de la Rose Paris c. 1380
Clerk Saunders
The Car of Love (Chariot of Love, Love's Wayfaring)
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Study for a Male Nude, one of Love's Votaries, for the painting, The Car of Love (Chariot of Love, Love's Wayfaring)
The Days of Creation stained glass All Saints church Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire
The Sixth Day of Creation (6th Day of Creation) stained glass
Love Among the Ruins - second version 1890-93
Divina Commedia Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso: souls waiting for Charon to ferry them across the Acheron, British Library, Egerton 943
Souls on the Banks of the River Styx
Nude study of the two figures clinging to each other for Souls on the Banks of the River Styx
Study of a nude male crouching figure and a standing female nude with her arms tightly crossed for the painting Souls on the Banks of the River Styx
Nude study of a man from behind with his right arm raised to his forehead for the most prominent figure in the foreground of the central group of Souls for Souls on the Banks of the River Styx
The Dying Slave
The Wheel of Fortune (Musée d'Orsay)
The Morning of the Resurrection First Version St Peter's church, Vere Street, London
Last Judgment stained glass, west end, St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham
The Shaftesbury Psalter, The Three Marys at the Grave of Christ
The Ascension - The Shaftesbury Psalter
The Depths of the Sea watercolour study the Mermaid dragging the nude sailor to the bottom of the sea
Cupid and Psyche. Cupid Finding Psyche Asleep - Cupid discovering Psyche, First version
Pygmalion and the Statue Roman de la Rose
Douz-regart and Diex d'Amours - The Lover and Amour - Roman de la Rose
Bel Accueil (Fair Welcome) looking at her reflection in a mirror while la Vieille (the Duenna) admires - Roman de la Rose
The Wizard (The Sorcerer) oil
Excalibur Stage Property Sword for Sir Henry Irving in the play King Arthur - Play by J. Comyns Carr, music by Arthur Sullivan, 1895, Lyceum Theatre, 12th January 1895
Passing of Arthur, scenery design for the play, Sir Henry Irving's King Arthur at the Lyceum Theatre, 12th January 1895
Nude study for Queen Morgan le Fay in The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
Drapery study for Queen Morgan le Fay in The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon - dress
Drapery study for Queen Morgan le Fay in The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon - skirt
Drapery study for the Queen at King Arthur's Feet in The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
Two studies on one sheet for Queen Morgan le Fay in The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
Three studies for two Watchers in The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
Female Nude Study for the Amazon (Watcher) with a Shield, study for the third figure from the right for The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon)
Study for the Shield of the Watcher (Amazon) on the right in The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon - oil study
Study for the Head of Morgan le Fay in the oil study for The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon, looking down to the right
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (partly finished over photograph)
Photographs by Frederick Hollyer recording the Burne-Jones Memorial Exhibition, The New Gallery 1898-9