Venus Imaginaria: Reflections on Alexa Wilding, Her Life, and Her Role as Muse in the Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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dc.contributor.advisorPressly, William L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLee, Jenniferen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArt History and Archaeologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-22T05:30:15Z
dc.date.available2007-06-22T05:30:15Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-11
dc.description.abstractWhile much has been written regarding the associations of Dante Gabriel Rossetti with his wife, Elizabeth Siddal, and mistresses, Fanny Cornforth and Jane Morris, scholars have generally ignored, or at the very least, minimalized, the potential importance of his connection to Alexa Wilding. This thesis shall serve as a rudimentary biography for her through analysis of public records and private letters, and it will examine overlooked evidence in the search for the real woman behind Rossetti's most versatile face, and the influence of the artist on the model as well as the inspiration she gave to him.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/6646
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArt Historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPre-Raphaelite. Rossettien_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWildingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledModelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMuseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBiographyen_US
dc.titleVenus Imaginaria: Reflections on Alexa Wilding, Her Life, and Her Role as Muse in the Works of Dante Gabriel Rossettien_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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