Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais, and was later to be the main inspiration for a second generation of artists and writers influenced by the movement, most notably William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. His work also influenced the European Symbolists and was a major precursor of the Aesthetic movement.
Rossetti's art was characterised by its sensuality and its medieval revivalism. His early poetry was influenced by John Keats. His later poetry was characterised by the complex interlinking of thought and feeling, especially in his sonnet sequence The House of Life. Poetry and image are closely entwined in Rossetti's work; he frequently wrote sonnets to accompany his pictures, spanning from The Girlhood of Mary Virgin (1849) and Astarte Syriaca (1877), while also creating art to illustrate poems such as "Goblin Market" by the celebrated poet Christina Rossetti, his sister.
Rossetti's personal life was closely linked to his work, especially his relationships with his models and muses Elizabeth Siddal, Fanny Cornforth and Jane Morris.
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English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)
| Born | 1828 |
| Died | 1882 |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)
| Born | 1828 |
| Died | 1882 |
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Translations into English, English poetry, Italian poetry, Correspondence, Translations from Italian, English Poets, Italian literature, Pre-Raphaelitism, Rossetti, dante gabriel, 1828-1882, Painters, Specimens, Exhibitions, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Artists, Biography, Collections, Correspondence, reminiscences, Italian poetry (Collections), Poetry, Poets, correspondence, Authors, correspondence, Bookbinding, Criticism and interpretation, Exhibition, FamilyPeople
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Frederick Startridge Ellis (1830-1901), Rossetti family, Alexandra Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain (1844-1925), Alfred Doolittle, Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron (1809-1892), Colonel Pickering, DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel Rosseti (1828-1882), Eliza Doolittle, Elizabeth Siddall, Ford Madox Brown, Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893), Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea, Hall Caine Sir (1853-1931), Henry Higgins, Hill, Jane Burden Morris, John Keats (1795-1821), Mangan's sister, Mrs. Higgins, Pygmalion, Sarah Cox Schott (b. 1824)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL31006A
- GoodReads: 101643
- ISNI: 0000000121296670
- Library of Congress Names: n79117985
- LibriVox: 600
- MusicBrainz: 0ef75909-44c6-44e0-bc9c-1093c220f541
- Project Gutenberg: 1268
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV033209
- VIAF: 41848725
- Wikidata: Q186748
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q186748
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