Today’s recital, is bought to you by the piano. A common feature in many Victorian family homes, here are examples of different ways the Pre-Raphaelites and their friends were inspired by the piano.

With creations by Burne-Jones, Holman Hunt and Whistler.

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For this is the powerful but sinister siren call- the femme fatales of the aquatic world. Contributions from John William Waterhouse, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Evelyn De Morgan- whose mermaids evoke but question the siren figure- as a woman, critiquing the myth.

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For today's is Simeon Solomon's 'A Prelude by Bach'. As a proponent of the Aesthetic movement, Walter Pater, said, 'All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.' Solomon focuses on the harmony and abstract beauty of the composition, not on meaning.

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Happy 2022! New year can be a time of music, mirth and dancing, so to begin a new Saturday theme, the is Rossetti’s ‘The Bower Meadow’ .
The women’s togetherness and dreamy hopefulness are my 2022 wishes. Which artwork will inspire your new year?

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