Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 549 )

• Rossetti's Reputation in the 20th Century

  

  If you have ever had the pleasure/misfortune to study the Pre-Raphaelites at University level, you probably came across the fact that the Pre-Raphaelites were... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 CULTURE

• From Life: Interview with Victoria Olsen

  

  Victoria OlsenWhen I moved from looking at Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs to wanting to know more about her life, the first biography I bought was Victori... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 CULTURE

• Review: The Art of Bedlam

  

  I really need to be careful or I shall end up being known as the Mad Art Historian due to the amount of time I spend reading asylum records, but while artists... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 CULTURE

• All Aboard!

  

  You find me in the midst of the summer holidays, which means I am now working funny hours. Because we have the lovely Lily-Rose to look after, Mr Walker and I... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 CULTURE

• The Scandalous Spring of 'Seventy Nine...

  

  Sometimes when researching in old newspapers you are taken by surprise at the vehement response to a painting which nowadays seems tame. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 CULTURE

• Harem-Scarem...

  I have a random memory of being very young and an elderly relative telling me seriously that while out in town I should be aware of the dangers of white slavery. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 CULTURE

• That's Shalott

  

  It all started when I watched It Follows this week...I am a sucker for a 'curse' film, where the likeable protagonist accidentally gets the attention of a grump... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Julia Margaret Cameron by Marta Weiss

  

  A highlight of this year will undoubtedly be the Victoria and Albert Museum's upcoming bicentennial exhibition of Julia Margaret Cameron's work, coming in the... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2015 CULTURE

• Rossetti's Women by Joan Greening

  

  As you will know if you follow my work, I am very Fanny-centric. Imagine my delight, fair reader, when I discovered there was a play about Fanny Cornforth, usin... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 CULTURE

• Mary, Mary, Maids of Tennyson’s Isle: Julia Margaret Cameron’s Marys and Her...

  

  Forthose that know her photographs, and no doubt all here present, it will come as no surprise that Julia Margaret Cameron seemed to have selected her maids... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Mr Holmes

  

  Turns out my father is Sherlock Holmes. In many ways I shouldn't have been surprised by this news but within the first few minutes of watching the new film Mr... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2015 CULTURE

• A Well-Connected Woman of Photographs

  

  Welcome to my 500th blog post! When I reached 400 I wrote a piece on Julia Margaret Cameron's model (and my current obsession) Mary Hillier, so it's rather a... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Arts & Crafts as a Modern, Expressive Art Form. Stained Glass

  

  As some of you will know from reading this blog, I have spent a fair amount of my time in churches over the years. Obviously because of my love of... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 CULTURE

• Ornamentation in the Art of Julia Margaret Cameron: Jewellery

  

  As we saw from the previous post, the way that Julia Margaret Cameron chose to dress her subjects ranged from the simplicity of swathes of white or black robes... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 CULTURE

• Ornamentation in the Art of Julia Margaret Cameron: Fabric

  

  Happy 200th birthday Julia Margaret Cameron, born on this day in 1815. I wanted to do a couple of special blog posts for today so here is a look at the use of... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 CULTURE

• Model Children

  

  If you have the dubious pleasure of knowing me personally, you'll know I take an unfeasible amount of photographs of my daughter, Lily-Rose... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 CULTURE

• I'm Your Venus, I'm Your Fire, Your Desire

  

  Well, here we are on the brink of a nice, sunny bank holiday weekend and so to get us off to a jolly fine start, I thought it might be splendid to have some... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 CULTURE

• Behind the Mask

  

  A wise friend of mine once said that the internet acts as a mask; we can be whoever we want to be, project whatever image we wish and be a carefully... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2015 CULTURE

• Get Well Soon!

  

  This post is for a most beloved friend who is currently undergoing a hillock in her health landscape. In times of trial and trouble, it's good to know that the... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)

  

  Now, you know me, I'm somewhat west country in my origins, born in Wiltshire and able to milk a cow. All this gives me obvious reason to love the works of Thoma... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 CULTURE