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Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 1828 - 1882. His Life. Dante was the son of an Italian patriot who had been exiled to England. His family was known for their liberal politics; his father, Gabriele, supported a revolt in Italy. His Life.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 - 1882
His Life • Dante was the son of an Italian patriot who had been exiled to England. • His family was known for their liberal politics; his father, Gabriele, supported a revolt in Italy
His Life • Their views and artistic topics were often discussedamong the family as they were all very intelligent and enjoyed debating
Dante was highly gifted as a writer and an artist • His philosophy of art and literature was that it should be “exclusively concerned with the beautiful, not with the useful or didactic.”
Dante’s early work was criticized as “overly sensual”; the criticism caused him to suffer from depression and nervousness for the rest of his life
Dante frequently wrote poems to accompany his own original artwork • He also illustrated a large collection of his sister’s work….Christina Rossetti was a famous poet in her own right • His favorite poet was Keats
He married one of his models; they had no children • He died from a combination of depression and Bright’s Disease, which had destroyed his kidneys • He is buried in Kent in England
His Work • Dante played a central role in the founding of an artistic movement known as the “Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood” • Their goal was to reform English art to be simpler and more in the style of pre-Renaissance art • They were creative men that did not work together very long – but they had a major impact on the art world
After falling away from the Brotherhood, Rossetti’s style became more elaborate He was known as a poet who painted for his poems, and a painter who wrote for his paintings “Color and meter; these are the true patents of nobility in painting and poetry, taking precedence of all intellectual claims; in other words, art for art’s sake”