Art as Lived Religion: Edward Burne-Jones as Painter, Priest, Pilgrim, and Monk
2007
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Selected Authors/Editors
Colette Michelle Crossman
Selected Artists
Dieric (Dirk) Bouts
Sir Philip William Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
David Cox
Giotto Di Bondone
Albrecht Dürer
Thomas Earp
Grinling Gibbons
John Rogers Herbert
William Holman Hunt
Bernardino Luini
John Everett Millais
Jean-François Millet
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Peter Paul Rubens
The Mayor Gallery
Jan van Eyck
Selected Artworks
Beresford Chapel, Walworth Road, London
Exeter College, Oxford
Spes (Hope, Sperantia) Dunedin Public Art Gallery
The Days of Creation (framed)
Sketchbook V&A E.4-1955 c.1865-67 No 19
Composition Study for The Merciful Knight. The subject is taken from the life of the Florentine knight St John Gualberto, founder of the Valombrosan Order in 1039.
Tree of Jesse stained glass design for the east window, the church of Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Waltham Abbey, Essex
Worship of the Lamb (Agnus Dei) stained glass design for East Window St Edmund Hall, Oxford and East Window St Olaf's Church, Gatcombe, Isle of Wight
The Secret Book of Designs
Rivers of Paradise, with the Worship (Adoration) of the Holy Lamb, stained glass the chancel east window All Hallows church, Allerton, Liverpool
Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (part of The Ghent Altarpiece)
Nativity stained glass, St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham NE window
Ascension, stained-glass, St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham, 1896
Crucifixion stained glass, south-east window of the new chancel, St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham
Last Judgment stained glass, west end, St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham
Adoration of the Kings (King in armour, model Ciamelli.) and Shepherds (centre); The Annunciation (wings, Adoration of the Kings, Adoration of the Magi altarpiece) triptych first version originally intended for St Paul's church, Brighton, but a second version was painted for them (The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi)
The Morning of the Resurrection First Version St Peter's church, Vere Street, London
Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well stained glass design for St Peter's church, Vere Street, London
The Morning of the Resurrection oil on panel Second Version
Christ in Majesty surrounded by Angels with Bells; Angels with Portable Organs; Ezekiel and Isaiah; Virgins, Matrons and Children (Mothers and Children, Angels and Children); David and Melchisedek; Angels with Harps; Woman led by an Angel with a Psaltery; St Peter and St John; St Boniface and St Richard; St Stephen and St Nicholas; Man led by and Angel stained glass the Church of John the Apostle, Torquay, Devon
Central rose - Dies Domini; left rose -Visiting the Sick; right rose - Drink to the Thirsty; Guardian Angel; Archangel; Cherubim; Seraphim; Thrones; Dominion; Principalities; St John the Evangelist; Powers; Virtue stained glass The Church of John the Evangelist, Torquay, Devon
The King and the Shepherd for the Church of St John, Torquay, Devon
Nativity for St John's church, Torquay, Devon
Nativity, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
Nativity, design for a bronze relief made in 1879 for George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle as a memorial to his father and mother, the Hon. Charles and Mary Howard, at Lanercost Priory in Cumbria
Design for Christ and Evangelists. Memorial to Christina Rossetti
Christ and Evangelists. Memorial to Christina Rossetti Christ Church, Woburn Square, London (demolished 1974)
The Christina Rossetti Memorial Edward Burne-Jones's Last Work Magazine of Art, 1899, p. 88
The Grosvenor Gallery New Bond Street - Gallery, Entrance and Library
The Annunciation - The model for the Virgin was Julia Jackson (Mrs Leslie Stephen)
Portrait of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, almost whole-length, profile to left, standing by an easel holding brushes and palette, wearing painter’s linen coat
The Star of Bethlehem
Nativity stained glass cartoon for St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham
Study for the Tree of Life, The Tree of Forgiveness for the mosaic in The American Episcopal Church, St Paul's Within the Walls (The American Church in Rome), Italy
Le Chant d'Amour - The Love Song, first version
Le Chant d'Amour, second version
The Wheel of Fortune (Musée d'Orsay)
The Golden Stairs painting
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (Tate, the model for the beggar maid was Frances Graham and the model for the singer is probably Jessie Keene (b.1872), or possibly her older sister Laura (b.1867/8), who also modelled for painter James McNeill Whistler in the 1880s.)
Dies Domini (Lady Lever), cartoon BJ 204, for the rose window of the chancel E-window, for St Michael & St Mary Magdalene Easthampstead, Berks
The Annunciation - The Flower of God painted for the Dalziel Brothers
If Hope Were Not, Heart Should Break (Hope, Hope rising from the tomb, The Raising of Tabitha))
Fides (Faith) - watercolour
Love Among the Ruins - second version 1890-93
The Mirror of Venus 1877 (Venus's Looking Glass)
The Garden of the Hesperides (first version)
Cupid's Hunting Fields - Cupid's Hunting Ground (Chicago)
Pygmalion and the Image: I. The Heart Desires Second Series
Pygmalion and the Image: II The Hand Refrains Second Series
Pygmalion and the Image: III. The Godhead Fires Second Series
Pygmalion and the Image: IV. The Soul Attains Second Series
Mount St Bernard's Abbey, Cistercian order, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire (designed by Pugin)
Sir Galahad
The Merciful Knight. (The subject is taken from the life of the Florentine knight St John Gualberto, founder of the Valombrosan Order in 1039.)
The Rose Garden (Portrait of Georgiana Burne-Jones with a Book three-quarter length standing in front of a Rose Bush)
Madonna and Child (Madonna of the Rose-bush)
The Mill
Christ Appearing to Mary (Noli me Tangere)
The King's Wedding (King René's Wedding)
St Francis Receiving the Stigmata (The Vision of St Francis)
Portrait of Edward Burne-Jones
EB-J letter to D.L.M. (Dear Little Murray = Charles Fairfax Murray) with EB-J self-caricature July 1871
EB-J self-portrait standing with Palette and Brushes at an Easel
Three EB-J self-caricatures (Comical Self-Portraits)
William Morris Reading Poems (William Morris Reading Poetry) to Burne-Jones
Caricatures of Burne-Jones with Georgiana, Philip and Margaret
EB-J self-portrait as a Pavement Artist
The Artist looking Shabby and Smart, Letters to Katie on The Grange headed notepaper
Topsy and Ned Jones Settled on the Settle in Red Lion Square
The Artist and Maria Zambaco - The Artist and his Model (Recto); slight studies of a girl (Verso)
No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 The Artist trying to Join the World of Art (The Artist attempting to Join the World of Art) with Disastrous Results (five sketches) on The Grange Headed notepaper, Letters to Katie (Katie Lewis)
The Artist’s Despair at the Cleaning of his Augean Studio; Mrs Wilkinson (the woman who cleaned Edward Burne-Jones's Studio) with a Mop, a letter to Helen Mary Gaskell
EB-J self-caricature: Unpainted Masterpieces
Sir Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris in the garden at The Grange 1874
Burne-Jones aged 41, at Naworth Castle in August 1874
The Burne-Jones and Morris families in the garden at The Grange, North End Road, Fulham, 1874. Left to right: Edward Richard Jones, the artist's father; Margaret, Edward, Philip, and Georgiana Burne-Jones; May and William Morris (standing behind), Jane and Jenny Morris (seated at right)
Album: Letters to Katie, a collection of 100 letters and postcards to Katie Lewis put together in album form including self-portraits of EB-J
Account Book Vol II with Morris & Co. with caricature frontispiece Self Portraits: EB-J and William Morris as stained glass
EB-J self-caricature in the studio at 17 Red Lion Square examining Rossetti's painting on the back of a chair designed by Morris in Burne-Jones visitors' book papers
The Grange and Garden Studio, North End Road, Fulham, where Edward Burne-Jones, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Philip Burne-Jones, Margaret Burne-Jones from 1867
The The First Floor Sitting Room (The Drawing Room, The Music Room), The Grange, 38 Northend, Fulham 1887
Peacock and laurel branch. Memorial to Laura Tennant (Mrs Laura Lyttelton), 1886, gesso relief
The Hallway at The Grange, 38 Northend, Fulham 1887
Angeli Ministrantes (Ministering Angel) stained glass design for Salisbury Cathedral which became tapestries
The Dining Room at The Grange
North End House, Rottingdean, watercolour (EB-J, Georgiana B-J, Philip B-J, Margaret B-J)
St Gabriel; St Michael; St Raphael; The Annunciation; Michael Slaying the Dragon, Raphael the Guardian of little Children (Three Archangels) East Window, St Margaret's church, Rottingdean recording Margaret Burne-Jones's marriage to John William Mackail
The Quest for the Sangreal: how Galahad sought the sangreal and found it because his heart was single so he followed it to Sarras the city of the spirit (Sangraal) stained glass for North End House, at Rottingdean Sussex
The Quest for the Sangreal: how Gawaine sought the sangreal and might not see it because his eyes were blinded by thoughts of the deeds of kings (Sangraal) stained glass for North End House, at Rottingdean, near Brighton
The Quest for the Sangreal
The Quest for the Sangreal: how the sangreal abideth in a far country which is Sarras the city of the spirit (Sangraal) stained glass for North End House, at Rottingdean, near Brighton
Fra Angelico (labelled wrongly as St Luke), stained glass design St Saviour's Church, Leeds
Golden Gate, The Flower Book (Angles bringing out the Sun)
Morning Glories, The Flower Book (Angels spreading out clouds at dawn)
Black Arch Angel, The Flower Book (Black Archangel, Lucifer seated, Satan enthroned)
Adder's Tongue, The Flower Book (The Temptation)
White Garden, The Flower Book (The Annunciation in a garden of lilies)
Flower of God, The Flower Book (The Annunciation in a cornfield) The Flower Book
Star of Bethlehem, The Flower Book (The angel leads the Wise Men by its light)
Traveller's Joy, The Flower Book (The Three Kings first see from afar the Virgin and Child)
Arbor Tristis, The Flower Book (The foot of the Cross)
Ladder of Heaven, The Flower Book (A soul climbing the side of a rainbow)
Flower Book Jacob's Ladder (These are Angels returning to heaven)
Fire Tree, The Flower Book (Moses at the burning bush)
Golden Greeting, The Flower Book (Meeting after death)
Welcome to the House, The Flower Book (A soul received at Heaven's gate)
Chaucer kneels to the Virgin and Child (An A.B.C. of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Kelmscott Chaucer)
The Ruins of Godstow Abbey
The Land of Beulah (from the Pilgrim's Progress)
The Guardian Angel, an angel holding the hand of a young woman in a mountainous landscape, seen over the chimney in Margaret B-J's bedroom
Archangeli from The Angels of the Hierarchy stained glass design for Jesus College chapel, Cambridge
The Holy Grail Tapestries: The Attainment: The Vision of the Holy Grail to Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, and Sir Percival at the chapel of the San Grael - Galahad at the Shrine, tapestry, Quest for the Holy Grail series (Hodson)
Cartoon for The Holy Grail Tapestries: The Attainment: The Vision of the Holy Grail to Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, and Sir Percival at the chapel of the San Grael - Galahad at the Shrine, Morte D'Arthur
The Knight's Farewell
Going to Battle (Going into Battle, Going to the Battle)
Golden Cup, The Flower Book (An angel carrying the San Graal past sleeping knights in a wood)
Honour's Prize, The Flower Book (A knight following the vision of the San Graal)
Holy Grail Tapestries - The Knights of the Round Table Summoned to the Quest by a Strange Damsel (The Summons), Morte D'Arthur, McCulloch
The Holy Grail Tapestries - The Arming and Departure of the Knights of the Round Table on the Quest of the Holy Grail, Morte D'Arthur (Hodson)
Holy Grail Tapestries: Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine at the Chapel of the Sangreal, the Failure of Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine. A Morris & Co. Merton Abbey Tapestry from the Quest of the Holy Grail Series (Hodson)
The Holy Grail Tapestries: The Arming and Departure of the Knights (242 x 430 cms); The Failure of Sir Gawaine (238 x 189 cms); The Failure of Sir Lancelot to enter the Chapel - Sir Lancelot at the Chapel of the Holy Grail (239 x 180 cms);The Attainment: The Vision of the Holy Grail to Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Percival at the chapel of the San Grael, Quest for the Holy Grail tapestries series, Morte D'Arthur (McCulloch)
The Ship - Quest for the Holy Grail Tapestries, Morte D'Arthur (Middlemore)
The Holy Grail Tapestries: Verdure with Deer and Shields - Arras Tapestry, Morte D'Arthur (Middlemore)
The Dream of Launcelot at the Chapel of the San Graal - The Failure of Sir Lancelot - Sir Lancelot at the Chapel of the Sangreal (The Dream of Lancelot, Sir Lancelot at the Chapel of the Holy Grail
The High History of the Holy Graal (Grail) translated by Sebastian Evans
Frontispiece and Title Page to The High History of the Holy Graal (Holy Grail) vol I
Drawing for the frontispiece to vol. 2, The High History of the Holy Graal (Holy Grail)
The dining room at Stanmore Hall, Stanmore, Middlesex for William Knox D'Arcy, showing the first panel of the Quest of the Holy Grail tapestries, The Knights of the Round Table Summoned to the Quest by a Strange Damsel, and four verdures, 1890-94, Morte D'Arthur
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
Design for a Nativity - rejected design for The American Episcopal Church, St Paul's Within the Walls (The American Church in Rome), Italy