grumpierbilbo:By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Part 1) (Part 2)1. Love among the Ruins (1870 - 1873)
grumpierbilbo:By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (Part 1) (Part 2)1. Love among the Ruins (1870 - 1873) 2. The Beguiling of Merlin - Merlin and Vivien (1870 - 1874)3. Days of Creation 1st day (The First Day of Creation) 1870 - 1876 4. The Golden Stairs (1876 - 1880)Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery has a world-renowned collection of works by Burne-Jones and the Pre-Raphaelites that, some claim, strongly influenced the young J. R. R. Tolkien, who wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, with influences taken from the same mythological scenes portrayed by the Pre-Raphaelites. Tolkien considered his own group of school friends and artistic associates, the so-called TCBS, as a group in the vein of the Pre-Raphaelites.(more…) -- source link