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

This article discusses the inspiration behind the many pre-Raphaelite paintings of Arthurian lore.

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…

painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Museum: Tate Britain)

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB) was an art movement set up initially by three idealistic young art students (John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Wil…

August 19, 2018There is rarely a middle ground where Pre-Raphaelite art is concerned: People are either seduced by it or underwhelmed. Whichever side you find yourself on, there’s little doubt that the Pre-Raphaelite style is one of the most recognizable in British painting, or that it mirrors the Victorian era, caught as it was between […]

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…

I’ve gotten into this, famous people born today and interesting mix of TARUSES’ GEORGE CARLIN, 1937- 2008 Comedian -The Hippy Dippy weatherman and outspoken social and political genius …

A Sea-Spell was painted for Rossetti’s patron Frederick Leyland, a ship magnate who owned a large number of paintings by the artist. Rossetti first planned to illustrate lines from Coleridge’s poem Kubla Khan — “A damsel with a dulcimer / In a vision once I saw” — but the subject was ultimately derived from his own poem, inscribed on the frame that he designed. The musician’s “lashing fingers weave the sweet-strung spell” of the siren, a mythological figure whose voice lures sailors to their…