Dante+Gabriel+Rossetti

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**Biography**

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti in Italy during the nineteenth century. He became a professor of Italian language at King's College in London. Interested in writing and art, he was the secretary and historian for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. A woman named Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal modeled for many of his paintings, and Rossetti married her in 1860. Only months after their marriage, Elizabeth died, putting Rossetti into a state of despair. Rossetti primarily painted and wrote poetry, and helped push the image of what would later become the "idealized Victorian woman." This image is of a woman who is tall and thin with a pale complexion. Overall, this image of the Victorian woman is frail almost to the point of looking sickly. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood as a whole also pushed this image into the forefront of Victorian art and poetry. It is reminiscent of the types of women most commonly painted several centuries before, which is the type of art the Brotherhood was at

tempting to reconnect to. Dante Gabriel Rossetti's eyesight and health in general quickly deteriorated as he grew older, and he died in 1882.

The following is a video about some of the history and characteristics of Rossetti and the Brotherhood.

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The photo is allowed to be used for scholarly purposes. =Examples of Rossetti's Poetry=

Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote several books worth of poetry, and many of the poems are very long, often spanning the length of several pages. Here are a few excerpts of his poetry. The source of these excerpts and more can be found here. 
 * LOVE'S NOCTURN. **

Master of the murmuring courts _ Where the shapes of sleep convene!—  Lo! my spirit here exhorts _ All the powers of thy demesne _ For their aid to woo my queen. What reports _ Yield thy jealous courts unseen?

Vaporous, unaccountable, _ Dreamland lies forlorn of light,  Hollow like a breathing shell. _ Ah! that from all dreams I might _ Choose one dream and guide its flight! I know well _ What her sleep should tell to-night.

** TROY TOWN. **

Heavenborn Helen, Sparta's queen, (( ( //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">O Troy Town! //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;"> Had two breasts of heavenly sheen, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;"> The sun and moon of the heart's desire: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;"> All Love's lordship lay between. _ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">( //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">O Troy's down //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">, _ //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">Tall Troy's on fire! //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">Helen knelt at Venus' shrine, _ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">( //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">O Troy Town! //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;"> Saying, ‘A little gift is mine, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;"> A little gift for a heart's desire. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;"> Hear me speak and make me a sign! _ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">( //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">O Troy's down //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">, _ //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">Tall Troy's on fire! //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.5;">)


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