Gabriel rossetti

Signature: at lower left, the artist's monogram "DGR / 1867"Inscription: Surtees, 1971, p. 118 records a label (that no longer exists), once on the back of the frame, inscribed in pen and ink in the artist's hand: "Lady Lilith

Uncover the devastating tale of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Poems, 1881; a collection of poems, ballads and sonnets once buried in the grave of Victorian model, poet and artist Elizabeth “Lizzie” Siddal. Rossetti’s work is a highlight of Fine Books and Manuscripts Online auction (7–21 June 2019, New York).

Why were the Pre-Raphaelites so fascinated with a woman's hair? The answer seems obvious....a woman's hair has been considered "her glory" since Biblical days and before. However, further information on the role of a woman's hair in Victorian times gives even more insight into why the hair was such a romantic and erotic image in Pre-Raphaelite art. In a biography of Fannie Cornforth, author Kristy Walker says "Loose hair was seen rarely in Victorian society and had two connotations. A child…

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Alex Carabine on Instagram: “This was the last painting Rossetti was working on when he died in 1882. . . It depicts Joan of Arc; I find Victorian representations of…”

The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened an exhibition on the Pre-Raphaelites of the 19th century last week, with 30 pieces showing wistful figures in draped clothing often surrounded with flowers. But while the floral touches might seem like colorful accents to us, to Victorians there was a language in the flowers.

This part of the Bella Lenahan's Gallery of Art comprises a series of Pre-Raphalite works, thus I called it "Brotherhood", from Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. I mostly used Rosstti's works, probably because he is my favourite, as well as some John Everett Mi…

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One of the most beautiful painters of women over the centuries is Dante Gabriel Rossetti who lived during the Victorian Age in England and was an English painter and poet. His given name at birth was Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, but when he...

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mnemosyne/ Μνημοσύνη (Roman equivalent: Moneta(0)) was a Titaness, goddess of Memory (1) and the inventor of Words (2). Mnemosyne was also a goddess of time. She represented the rote memorisation required, before the introduction of writing, to preserve the stories of history and sagas of myth. She was the daughter of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth). Uranus and…