Aukera dudanean kanposantuetara joaten naiz, marigotiko hutsa naizelako. Gauza super bitxi eta interesgarriak daude. Adibidez, #DanteGabrielRossetti poeta eta pintore prerrafaelitak emaztea galdu zuenean, #ElizabethSiddal modelo, artista eta idazlea, bere (Rossettiren) poema liburu baten eskuizkribuarekin lurperarazi zuen, Londreseko Highgate hilerri xarmantean. Handik urte batzuetara, gizona damutu egin zen nonbait, eta hilobia irekiarazi zuen eskuizkribua berreskuratzeko

"La Ghirlandata," Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1873.

Rossetti needs no introduction; he's the master of the Pre-Raphaelites, who I love.

"La Ghirlandata" translates to "the garlanded woman." The picture's lush visual elements also include references to other senses, mainly hearing (the harp) and smell (the roses).

Rossetti didn't try to depict any story or moral here; he was just going for sensual lushness, and he certainly succeeded. He later regarded this as his favorite work, saying it was the greenest painting ever done.

The model for the woman was Alexa Wilding, an aspiring actress who was one of Rossetti's favorite models. The two angels are based on May Morris, the daughter of famed designer William Morris.

From the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.

Working out a sudden urge to do a Persephone copy in neon acrylics.
Face coming later.
Maybe

I went to the Rossettis exhibition at Tate Britain on Wednesday and really enjoyed it. Obviously the paintings of #DanteGabrielRossetti took centre stage, but it was also the biggest display of works by #LizzieSiddal his wife in decades, and it mentioned the work of his siblings – quotes from Christina's poems were on some of the walls.

One that really struck me was In An Artist's Studio, about the artist showing the model 'Not as she is, but as she fills his dream'