Rossetti context Flashcards
1
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found - dg rossetti
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fallen women - turning away from capturer - doesn’t desire help?
the impossibility of being raised up/redemption
unable to finish painting - question of fallen women is so complex and difficult
calf in background—innocence? entangled, captured in net - under someone else’s control, trapped
blackfriars bridge + lamps that are lit in background - possibility of change, redemption, hope?
2
Q
the gate of memory - dg rossetti
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remorseful, reflective fallen woman
children - innocence + girlhood/womanhood (girl with flower crown) - how it starts and how it ends - admired for beauty vs corrupted
3
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william blake
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pre raphaelite movement admired his work - in ‘the songs of innocence and experience’ explores idea of a ‘fall’ being necessary
