Complete Paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Her articles on Rossetti and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle have appeared in many scholarly journals and exhibition catalogues. Mancoff has written extensively on the Pre-Raphaelites, including The Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers (2012), Jane Morris: The Pre-Raphaelite Model of Beauty (2000) and Burne-Jones (1998). Through his view of women – in which admiration veered towards fixation, praise towards possession – Rossetti confronted the staid 19th-century public with a new and powerful image of women, and the allure of that power is still felt today.ĭebra N. His models such as Jane Morris, Elizabeth Siddal and his sister Christina, were his inspiration and, in his rejection of conventional beauty, he redefined difference as desirable. Rossetti defined his experiences through his passion for his subjects and this book traces his deliberate intertwining of art and life.

Examples have been drawn from the full range of Rossetti’s work – including paintings, drawings, print illustrations, decorative designs and staged photographs – and chart the artist’s lively engagement with mythology, history, literature, biblical subjects and modern life. Rossetti’s powerful and unconventional portraits, with their sumptuous, jewel-like colours, are explored in this beautiful gift book. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), best known and admired for his striking and seductive portraits of women, was one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of artists whose work is inspired by the art of the early Italian Renaissance.

Complete Paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Dante Gabriel Rossetti