All the leading lights of the Pre-Raphaelite movement turned their hand to designing stained glass. The most prolific were Edward Burne-Jones and his friend William Morris, who created spectacular choirs of angels, hosts of saints and images of Creation. This lecture reveals some unexpected Victorian masterpieces art tucked away in our churches, and puts them into the wider context of the Pre-Raphaelite revolution in art.
Dr. Suzanne Fagence Cooper is a writer, broadcaster and curator with expertise in 19th and 20th century British art and culture. She spent 12 years at the V&A Museum, researching the Victorian collections, and is in demand as historical consultant for TV and film. She is an invited lecturer for the Arts Society and Cunard voyages. She is curating a new exhibition, ‘The Beauty of the Earth: May, Jane & William Morris’ for The Arc, Winchester, opening November 2025.
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This event is part of Art History Festival 2025 organised by the Association for Art History.
Image Credit: Edward Burne-Jones - St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art, Glasgow
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