13: A Pre-Raphaelite Bedtime Story
Jan 19, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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Episode description
Are you feeling sleepy? This week we're feeling dreamy as we delve into the pre-Raphaelites. This week's work is Hans Op de Beeck’s sculpture, My bed a raft, the room the sea, and then I laughed some gloom in me. Evoking John Everett Millais’ Ophelia, this work is rich in art historical and literary symbolism. Of course, some of the references that Dad finds – to The Matrix and Elvis – may not have been intended…
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CW: Mentions of suicide.
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