Who was Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
Jenny, who was Dante Gabriel Rossetti? Clara. A painter, Miss Brodie. What… What was that you said? A painter. Yes. Yes, a painter. Oh, yes. A paint… A painter. Where you’re mistaken is in supposing thatJean Brodie is unique. There’s an army of these ladies in Edinburgh. It’s simply that they do not attempt to teach in schools… of the traditional character of Marcia Blaine. She is a magnificent specimen. She’s utterly ridiculous. There’s no contradiction in being both ridiculous and magnificent. Your young mind will have to stretch a bit to grasp that. I think my young mind is stretched astonishingly… to be able to discuss at … at … the enduring passion of my lover for another woman. It is not only astonishing, Sandy… it is unnatural. You should be passionate… and involved… and shortsighted. – I’m tired. – Take a rest, then. I’ll make some tea. Her and her passions, her fascisti. You should see her skulking around the third formers, trying to raise funds for Franco. F
Painter and Poet. Date and Place of Birth: 12th May 1828, London, England. Christened Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti. Family Background: Son of Gabrielle Rossetti and Lavinia Polidori and brother of Christina Rossetti. Also studies in the studio of Ford Maddox Brown. Education: Kings College. Sasss Drawing School, Bloomsbury, London. Royal Academy Schools, London. Chronology/Biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti: 1848: Forms the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. 1849: Completes the painting”Childhood of Mary Virgin.” Meets Elizabeth Siddal for the first time and trains her in the art of painting. and writing. She becomes his model. 1850: Finalises work on the painting “Ecce Ancilla Domini”. “The Germ” is published featuring many works by Pre-Raphaelites and their symapathisers. Rossetti includes his poems “The Blessed Damozel” and “My Sister’s Sleep”. 1854: Meets John Ruskin. 1856: Meets William Morris, over whom he was to become a great influe
