Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel - Brossura

Hawksley, Lucinda

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0233001174 ISBN 13: 9780233001173

Casa editrice: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

The supermodel did not arrive when Twiggy first donned false eyelashes; the concept began more than 100 years previously, with a young artists' model whose face captivated a generation. Saved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by a young Pre-Raphaelite artist, Lizzie Siddal rose to become one of the most famous faces in Victorian Britain and a pivotal figure of London's artistic world, until tragically ending her young life in a laudanum-soaked suicide in 1862. In the twenty-first century, even those who do not know her name always recognise her face: she is Millais's doomed Ophelia and Rossetti's beatified Beatrice. With many parallels in the modern-day world of art and fashion, this biography takes Lizzie from the background of Dante Rossetti's life and, finally, brings her to the forefront of her own.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Andre Deutsch Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0233001174
• ISBN 13: 9780233001173
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256