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Rossetti’s Story of St. George and the Dragon

Rossetti’s Story of St. George and the Dragon. Laura Anderson. The Queen. The man with the picture of the dragon. The King. The villagers. The Princess. The man with the basket of skulls.

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Rossetti’s Story of St. George and the Dragon

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  1. Rossetti’sStory of St. George and the Dragon Laura Anderson

  2. The Queen The man with the picture of the dragon The King The villagers The Princess The man with the basket of skulls “How word came to the King of Egypt touching a certain dragon that ate much fold and must needs be fed with a noble damsel to stay his maw.”

  3. Iconography In the medieval legend, the terrible dragon demanded two children from a certain city each day to eat. The people cast lots to decide on which children to give, and finally the lot fell to the Princess Sabra. Usually only one image of St. George, the patron saint of England, Venice, and Ferrara, is depicted—that of him slaying the dragon. This, however, is the first of six of Rossetti’s plans for stained glass windows.

  4. Emphasis on hair texture STYLE Heraldic designs “A decorative insistence and a desire for filling up space” (332) Rossetti’s drawings are dated around 1861-1862, during his “Arthurian” period.

  5. The woeful maiden The woeful court damsels “How the damsels of the court cast lots who should be the dragon’s meat and how the lot fell to the king’s daughter.”

  6. STYLE Texture detail of clothing Detail on sleeves, hair, belt “How the damsels of the court cast lots who should be the dragon’s meat and how the lot fell to the king’s daughter.” Wood detail

  7. The townspeople The Princess The soldiers “How the woful Princess was borne to be eaten of the dragon.”

  8. Fewer details in background STYLE Detail on medieval armor Head bowed in submission, arms tied across chest Woeful, yet dutiful Detail on carriage

  9. STYLE As you might imagine, a design this complex would be difficult to duplicate on a stained-glass window. This difficulty may account for why Rossetti produced so few window designs.

  10. St. George and the Princess Sabra Other depictions of the Princess by Rossetti

  11. The Wedding of St. George and Princess Sabra Other depictions of the Princess by Rossetti

  12. The Sermon on the Mount Other Stained-Glass by Rossetti

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