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Tag Archives: Alexa Wilding
Rossetti Studies
Often I find that I prefer an artist’s studies to the completed work. Perhaps it is that they are raw beginnings, a hint of what is to come. Although usually I feel that a certain emotional quality is captured in … Continue reading
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Roman Widow (Dis Manibus)
A beautiful Roman widow plays music beside her husband’s urn. According to Walker Art Gallery, the marble cinerary urn is based on one Rossetti owned and the instruments were from Pompeian wall paintings. While I don’t know exactly which images Rossetti … Continue reading
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Rossetti’s Lilith and Kaballah Bracelets
Of Adam’s first wife, Lilith, it is told (The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,) That, ere the snake’s, her sweet tongue could deceive, And her enchanted hair was the first gold. And still she sits, young while … Continue reading
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A modern day Alexa Wilding
Venus Verticordia
Venus Verticordia, painting and poem both by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Alexa Wilding posed for the painting, although I’ve read that Rossetti also used Fanny Cornforth. Venus Verticordia She hath the apple in her hand for thee, Yet almost in her … Continue reading
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Genius in Beauty
Genius in Beauty by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Painting shown is Regina Cordium, painted by Rossetti in 1866 using Alexa Wilding as a model.) Beauty like hers is genius. Not the call Of Homer’s or of Dante’s heart sublime, – Not … Continue reading
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