-
Subscribe in a reader or get the latest posts in your email.
Ars Longa Vita Brevis
Art is long, Life is brief!
Buy a Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood T-Shirt
-
This site is written by Stephanie Pina. Email stephaniepina @ lizziesiddal.com
I can also be found at:
LizzieSiddal.com
Pre-Raphaelite Blogs
medusaeyes.com
Please post a comment and share your story. What's the first Pre-Raphaelite painting that had an impact on you?
Category Archives: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti illustrates Edgar Allan Poe’s The Sleeper
“Poe is a key figure in the development of DGR’s literary style as well. The second-order romanticism developed in Poe’s imaginative writings, and explicated in essays like “The Poetic Principle” and “The Philosophy of Composition”, is recapitulated in DGR’s work, … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edgar Allan Poe
Tagged Dante Gabriel Rossetti, death, Edgar Allan Poe, poetry
1 Comment
Dante Gabriel Rossetti illustrates Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven
Who doesn’t love Edgar Allan Poe’s poem The Raven? A masterful poem of mourning, loss and visitation in which the poem’s speaker is grief-stricken with the death of his beloved Lenore and is haunted by memories. Enter the raven with … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edgar Allan Poe
Tagged birds, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edgar Allan Poe, poetry, Raven
4 Comments
Hanging the Mistletoe
I’ve seen this painting titled as “The Farmer’s Daughter”, “Hanging the Mistletoe”, and “Girl Tying Up Mistletoe”. Painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Rossetti Archive states that the finished painting has the date “Xmas 1860″ on the frame. Mistletoe: its … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti
4 Comments
Embracing Autumn
It is the first of November and we have followed All Hallow’s Eve into All Soul’s Day. Autumn is a season that excites all the senses: the red and orange hues, the crisp breeze, and the general thrill that seems … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite Poems
Tagged autumn, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poetry
1 Comment
Burne-Jones: The Blessed Damozel
The Blessed Damozel, painted by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, is based on a poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti of the same name. Rossetti was nineteen when he wrote The Blessed Damozel, which tells the tale of two lovers who will one … Continue reading
Posted in Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1 Comment
The Maids of Elfin-Mere
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s first published illustration was The Maids of Elfen-Mere, drawn to illustrate a ballad by William Allingham titled “The Maids of Elphin-Mere”. I am unaware why Rossetti chose a different spelling of the title. I’ve searched through several … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal, Pre-Raphaelite Poems
Tagged Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poetry
5 Comments
Jane Morris as Beatrice
Although Rossetti painted Jane Morris repeatedly, it is a bit unusual to see her painted as Beatrice. Beatrice, Dante Alighieri’s unrequited love, is a character Rossetti strongly associated with Elizabeth Siddal. There is another painting of Jane Morris as Beatrice … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Jane Burden Morris
Tagged Beatrice, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, hair, Jane Morris
2 Comments
Twitter