He was fascinated with Keats poetry- this is what connected him and Hunt. After the hostile reception of the Pre-Raphaelites, Rossetti devoted a decade largely to watercolours of subjects from medieval literature. In 1856 he came into contact with Burne- Jones and Morris, who had been greatly impressed with one of his illustrations. With them he formed a "second" Pre-Raphaelite group, decorating the Oxford Union with frescoes (värskele niiskele krohvipinnale maalitud pilt )of the Arthurian legends (1857) Around 1860 Rossetti returned to oil painting. His friendship with Whistler ( an expatriate American painter who made a decisive contribution to British art) encouraged him to specialize in idealized female figures. "The Annunciation:Ecce Ancilla Domini" 1850 (paastumaarjapäev- teadaanne) broke traditions by depicting it so realistically. His Virgin is an ordinary girl, frightened by the news that the angel has just given her.
In towns there was a need for "green lungs"; air of the city was problematic; people had a place to go on a free day (people started to work 6 days in a week- 1 day off); a place for different classes to mingle and mix (Georgian/landscape park with Romantic/pleasure garden etc.) 3) Lord Tennyson and Victorian poetry · What was his main source of inspiration? He was inspired by romantic authors, especially Keats; another source was King Arthur and Arthurian Tales; (also inspired by nature many descriptions of nature, in many works discussed the role of man and woman in society; morbid themes/deaths etc.); · His works: Collection ,,Poems", ,,The Epic. Morte d'Arthur", ,,Idylls of a King", ,,The Holy Grail", ,,In Memoriam A.H.H" · Other important Victorian poets: Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, Gerard Manley Hopkins · Describe their works in general:
“poet of the people”. Sheltered and isolated life, troubled youth. Relation of man to God and nature, religious uncertainties, the sense of cycles in history, the rise and fall of civilisations. “The Lady of Shalott” based on Arthurian legends; gender and society issues, position of the woman. Ivory Tower (an ideal place disconnected from the real world where academics and artists find refuge). The role of the artist; setting art aside means death for the artist. Decadence/aestheticism and Oscar Wilde
Heroes often pause at the gate to prepare, plan, and outwit the villain's guards. T h i s is the phase of Approach. In mythology the Inmost Cave may represent the land of the dead. T h e hero may have to descend into hell to rescue a loved one (Orpheus), into a cave to fight a dragon and win a treasure (Sigurd in Norse m y t h ) , or into a labyrinth to confront a monster (Theseus and the M i n o t a u r ) . In the Arthurian stories the Inmost Cave is the Chapel Perilous, the dangerous chamber where the seeker may find the Grail. In the modern mythology of Star Wars the Approach to the Inmost Cave is Luke Skywalker and company being sucked into the Death Star where they will face Darth Vader and rescue Princess Leia. In The Wizard of Oz it's Dorothy being kidnapped to the W i c k e d Witch's baleful casde, and her companions slipping in to save her. T h e
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