Whilst art has never been my calling, I do still appreciate it, and after several recent comments comparing my style to the ethereal figures in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, I thought it was about time for a slightly more cultured blog banner. I did some research into a handful of these pieces, and my favourites made it into my new banner! Here is a run down of the final six, their artists, and their dates.
Rossetti's Veronica Veronese 1872 (left) and La Ghirlandata 1873 (right).
Anthony Frederick Sandys' Love's Shadow 1867 (left) and John William Waterhouse's My Sweet Rose 1908 (right).
Sophie Gengembre Anderson's (1823-1903) Take the Fair Face of Woman (left) and Henry Nelson O'Neil's Ophelia 1874 (right).
I am so pleased with the final result! What more could you ask for in a banner than glorious red heads, flowers, Hamlet references, butterflies and immaculate brush strokes? I will miss my old, hand drawn banner, however I'm sure I'll find a place for it somewhere! What do you think of it?
Before I go, I must ask that you check out the Undercover Dress-Up Lover, who posted an interview with me yesterday. She got me opening up about a fair few things such as the development of my personal style and my opinion on my local street style - might be worth a read!
I absolutely adore your header! It features two of my favourite pieces, actually! La Ghirlandata and My Sweet Rose.
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Thank you, sweetie. You have great taste! ;) x
DeleteIt's really gorgeous. Rossetti and his redheads are just a dream, so I'm happy to see them from now on whenever I read your blog.
ReplyDeleteI adore the Pre-Raphaelites and I've NEVER heard of Sophie Gengembre Anderson. Thank you for a new artist to admire~!
Her painting is probably my favourite of the bunch, I'm so glad I discovered her! Thank you x
DeleteOh it's so stunning. I'm fascinated by the connection between art and fashion that I wrote a dissertation on the subject.
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Wow, that's commitment! A great subject choice though x
DeleteGorgeous choices
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Thank you so much x
DeleteOh, I absolutely adore the banner. Loved the hand-drawn one and thought it was one of the cutest blog banners out there, but I do like this one even more! What wonderful taste you have. It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I do still love my other one, I must find a use for it :) x
DeleteAbsolutely gorgeous and unique banner. I love pre-raphaelite art, I think it's my favorite kind of art to be honest, all the paintings are so ethereal, and the paintings of the red haired women are my favorites, I so want to look like one of them, as I said they are quite an inspiration, true beauty ^^ I know a lot of their works, I'm especially fond of "My sweet rose" and "La Ghirlandata" but there's also so many works that I can't remember the names of right now. And I quite agree, you do look like a pre-raphelite lady, with your style, skin and hair ^^
ReplyDeleteYour photos always remind me of Pre-Raphaelite art too! Your hair in particular always reminds me of the girls in these paintings :) It's really beautiful! x
DeleteI love Pre-Raphaelite paintings and your banner is really pretty. Suits the blog well!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures always reminded me of the Cottingley Fairy pictures.
Oh my, I haven't seen the Cottingley fairy pictures in forever! You may have just inspired a shoot of some kind - thank you! x
DeleteGorgeous new header! All this arty stuff goes riiiiight over my head but I recently went to an art museum with my mum and remember seeing some paintings in that very soft pre-Raphaelite style. (...I have no idea what that means.) Thanks for mentioning me too!
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You're welcome! Glad you like the new header :) x
DeleteReally cool post! Great blog! Your posts keep me coming back for more! Have a great day and a brilliant weekend ahead!
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Thank you so much :) x
DeleteI was very pleasently surprised by your new header. I love art (kind of working in that area) and those painting really reflect you and your style very well. I think it also makes your blog look more sophisticated on the first look. What I want to say with that is, that the visitor can now see how great your blog is and what he is to expect from the very first moment on - and that's a great thing! :-)
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