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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Portraits of Women (Victoria and Albert Museum)

Hardback

Main Details

Title Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Portraits of Women (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Debra N. Mancoff
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 170
Category/GenreIndividual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9780500480717
ClassificationsDewey:759.2
Audience
General
Illustrations 126 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 29 July 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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. Rossetti's powerful and unconventional portraits, with their sumptuous, jewel-like colours, are explored in this beautiful gift book. 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 defined his experiences through his passion for his subjects and this book traces his deliberate intertwining of art and life. 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. 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. With 126 illustrations in colour

Author Biography

Debra N. 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). Her articles on Rossetti and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle have appeared in many scholarly journals and exhibition catalogues. Her most recent book, The Face: Our Human Story, was published in 2018 by Thames & Hudson in collaboration with the British Museum.