Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel - Couverture souple

Hawksley, Lucinda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0233001174 ISBN 13 : 9780233001173

Editeur : Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lucinda Hawksley has an MA in Literature & the Visual Arts 1840-1940. Her seven previous publications include the bestselling Essential Pre-Raphaelites (1999) and Essential History of Art (2000). She lives in London and is Charles Dicken's great-great-great granddaughter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Andre Deutsch Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0233001174
• ISBN 13: 9780233001173
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible