Tag Archives: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Rossetti and Ruskin

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Stephanie Piña

  In two previous posts, I talked about the marriages of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Ruskin. Here’s a photograph of both men, courtesy of George P. Landow and the Victorian web.  Ruskin looks absolutely frightening with that stick! June 29, … Continue reading →

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Pre-Raphaelite Marriages: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Stephanie Piña

I’ve spent years reading about the relationship between Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal.  One thing I’ve noticed through comments and emails I receive at lizziesiddal.com is that there are a lot of people who are so sympathetic towards Lizzie … Continue reading →

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How They Met Themselves

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Stephanie Piña

In my previous post, I mentioned Rossetti’s doppelganger painting, How They Met Themselves. I wanted to share his drawing of it above, because I prefer it to the painting. This is an ink and wash on paper and is not … Continue reading →

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The Borgias

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Stephanie Piña

The infamous Borgia clan is once again generating interest thanks to a new series on Showtime. One of my favorite art history blogs, Three Pipe Problem, has an excellent post about the Borgia family and the new series.   I … Continue reading →

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti illustrates Edgar Allan Poe’s The Sleeper

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Stephanie Piña

“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 →

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti illustrates Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Stephanie Piña

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 →

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Embracing Autumn

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Stephanie Piña

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 →

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