. The Rossettis: Dante Gabriel and Christina; . ciaz^: .•?^U f>^ V. .mes are fused into such unity, the _ it and of pure colour have been soI he large surfaces kept so low in tone,as to give such an eflect as might be gained from aSouthern landscape shit except where a single rii ;il-flower. The white roses witij i j , „.., . buds are Lady Lilith. softened U> :i wjrn! ni^^ i ?? . ? -? Ivuk- Photographed/iom original bf courtesy of the owner, Mr. Samuel Bancroft, Jr. \[[\\ -tones,die crests of its richwaves; the dress and mantle are nearly all in partialshadow; ti i flesh of the thr
. The Rossettis: Dante Gabriel and Christina; . ciaz^: .•?^U f>^ V. .mes are fused into such unity, the _ it and of pure colour have been soI he large surfaces kept so low in tone,as to give such an eflect as might be gained from aSouthern landscape shit except where a single rii ;il-flower. The white roses witij i j , „.., . buds are Lady Lilith. softened U> :i wjrn! ni^^ i ?? . ? -? Ivuk- Photographed/iom original bf courtesy of the owner, Mr. Samuel Bancroft, Jr. \[[\\ -tones,die crests of its richwaves; the dress and mantle are nearly all in partialshadow; ti i flesh of the throat and bust, modelled witli a feeling for massive forms greatlyunlik lim shapes of Rossettis early pictures, is dark fair skin of t ith Wj en- ish t ^^ reds that \j,\\ un ;• ,- ... bright thrc y, rang. .. ... the reddish violet of the fn >ugh the crim- son cord of the hand mirro oral bracelet, the red of the mouth and t er red of the poppy, to the sh The eyes ;ire grey ; the sunny landscape reflected in the glass. paiutina from 1862 to 1870. 169 is the tint of ripening foliage, in connection witiithis combination of colours it is interesting to read afragmentary note made by Rossetti in 1866. Think-ing in what order I love colours, he wrote, foundthe following : — 1. Pure light warm green. 2. Deep gold-colour. 3. Certain tints of grey. 4. Shadowy or steel blue. 5. Brown, with crimson tinge. 6. Scarlet. Other colours (comparatively) only lovable ac-cording to the relations in which they are placed. The association of colour and sentiment was al-ways a marked feature of Rossettis painting, fromthe white purity of the early religious pictures tothe cold, gloomy blues of Proserpine, and Mr. Ste-phens draws attention to instances in which heseems also to have adopted the rather modern no-tion of symbolising music with colour, notably TheBlue Closet, which Mr. Stephens describes as follows: Four damsels appear in the composition, two ofwhom sing. Their dresses are
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