Research Catalog

Title

Dante Gabriel Rossetti : portraits of women / Debra N. Mancoff.

Author

Mancoff, Debra N., 1950-

Publication

• London : Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021.
• ©2021

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Additional Authors

• Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
• Thames and Hudson, publisher
• Victoria and Albert Museum, publisher

Description

143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 20 cm

Summary

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. In association with the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Alternative Title

Portraits of women

Subject

• Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882 > Criticism and interpretation
• Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
• 1800-1899
• Portrait painting, English > 19th century
• Women in art
• Portrait painting, English

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142).

Call Number

JQC 21-94

ISBN

• 9780500480717
• 0500480710

OCLC

1255853763

Author

Mancoff, Debra N., 1950- author.

Title

Dante Gabriel Rossetti : portraits of women / Debra N. Mancoff.

Publisher

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142).

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Works. Selections.

Thames and Hudson, publisher.

Victoria and Albert Museum, publisher.

Research Call Number

JQC 21-94