Sign-In
Cart
Rossetti
Paperback
Art HistoryArtistsPoetry Criticism
ISBN13: 9781025529332
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Rossetti by Arthur C. Benson provides an insightful and comprehensive exploration of the life and work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of the most enigmatic and influential figures of the nineteenth century. As a leading light of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Rossetti's contributions to both the visual arts and English literature are examined with scholarly precision and literary grace.
Benson delves into the dual nature of Rossetti's creative genius, tracing his development from the rebellious early days of the Brotherhood to his later years of poetic mastery and atmospheric painting. The work offers a balanced critique of Rossetti's most famous achievements, including The Blessed Damozel and his celebrated sonnet sequences, while also providing an intimate look at the personal struggles and artistic passions that defined his career.
Benson's narrative contextualizes Rossetti within the broader Victorian cultural landscape, illustrating how his unique fusion of medievalism and sensuality reshaped the artistic sensibilities of his time. This critical biography serves as an essential resource for those interested in the history of art, the evolution of Romantic poetry, and the enduring legacy of a man who bridged the gap between the canvas and the page.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Also from
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Ode in Memory of the Rt. Honble. William Ewart Gladstone.
Gladstone, William Ewart
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
Memoirs Of Arthur Hamilton, Of Trinity College, Cambridge: Extracted From His Letters And Diaries (1907)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
The Life Of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop Of Canterbury V2
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Hardcover
The Life of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop of Canterbury; Volume 1
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted from His Letters and Diaries, with Reminiscences of His Conversation by His
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
The Life Of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop Of Canterbury V1
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Hardcover
Genealogy Of The Family Of Benson Of Banger House And Northwoods, In The Parish Of Ripon And Chapelry Of Pateley Bridge (1894)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Hardcover
The Life Of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop Of Canterbury V1
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
The Life Of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop Of Canterbury V2
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
The Letters Of One: A Study In Limitations By Charles Hare Plunkett (1907)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
Memoirs Of Arthur Hamilton, Of Trinity College, Cambridge: Extracted From His Letters And Diaries (1907)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
Paul The Minstrel And Other Stories: Reprinted From The Hill Of Trouble And The Isles Of Sunset (1911)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
Paul The Minstrel And Other Stories: Reprinted From The Hill Of Trouble And The Isles Of Sunset (1911)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
The Life Of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop Of Canterbury V2
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from the Hill of Trouble and the Isles of Sunset
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
The Letters Of One: A Study In Limitations By Charles Hare Plunkett (1907)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
Genealogy Of The Family Of Benson Of Banger House And Northwoods, In The Parish Of Ripon And Chapelry Of Pateley Bridge (1894)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
The Life Of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop Of Canterbury V1
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Paperback
Genealogy Of The Family Of Benson Of Banger House And Northwoods, In The Parish Of Ripon And Chapelry Of Pateley Bridge (1894)
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Hardcover
Also in
Artists
Trudeau & Doonesbury: A Biography: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News Into Art
Kendall, Joshua
Hardcover
Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World
Johnson, Victoria
Hardcover
The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers
McKissack Daniel, Cheryl
Hardcover
The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films
Rapold, Nicolas
Hardcover
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
Egan, Timothy
Paperback
Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece the Sun Also Rises
Blume, Lesley M. M.
Paperback
Men at Work: The Empire State Building and the Untold Story of the Craftsmen Who Built It
Kurtz, Glenn
Hardcover
The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
Morrissey, Jake
Paperback
Autopsy of My Former Self: A journey through grief, transformation, addiction, personal triumph, and purpose
Burse, Jermaine Danté
Paperback
Impossible: The Love Affair Between Marcel Duchamp and Maria Martins, and the Artwork It Inspired
Naumann, Francis M.
Hardcover
Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles
Rozzo, Mark
Paperback
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination
Jones, Brian Jay
Paperback
Modigliani: Man and Myth - Biography and Works of Italian Painter and Sculptor Amedeo Modigliani
Modigliani, Jeanne
Paperback
Daniel Burnham and Louis Sullivan: Personal Histories of Two Icons of American Architecture
Thoreson, Trygve
Paperback
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Over Thirty Years of Conversations with Robert Irwin
Weschler, Lawrence
Paperback
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol [50th Anniversary Edition]: From A to B and Back Again
Warhol, Andy
Paperback
William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love: Art, Poetry, and the Imagining of a New World
Hoare, Philip
Hardcover
Composing Olana: A Journey on Foot Through Frederic Church's Greatest Work of Art
LaFarge, Annik
Paperback
Utterly Lazy and Inattentive: Martin Parr: My Words, My Photographs
Parr, Martin
Jones, Wendy
Hardcover
Warhol's Muses: The Artists, Misfits, and Superstars Destroyed by the Factory Fame Machine
Leamer, Laurence
Hardcover
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island
Monkman, Kent
Gordon, Gisele
Paperback
Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal: The Life and Times of a Female Impersonator
Roy, Sandip
Hardcover
Art Above Everything: One Woman's Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life
Griest, Stephanie Elizondo
Hardcover
The Artist and His Museum: Charles Willson Peale and the First Public Museum in the United States
Webber, Diane
Paperback
Footnote to History: From Hungary to America. The Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor
Laszlo, Andrew
Paperback