The Blessed Damozel
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The Blessed Damozel is a famous 19th-century poem and later painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that epitomizes the romantic, medievalizing, and spiritually charged aesthetic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
painting
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poem → |
| artPeriod |
Victorian art
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| artStyle |
detailed naturalism
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rich color → |
| associatedWith |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s early career
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Victorian spiritualism → |
| author |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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| centralCharacter |
her earthly lover
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the damozel → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| culturalSignificance |
iconic image in Pre-Raphaelite painting
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key work of Pre-Raphaelite literature → |
| depicts |
a woman in Heaven longing for reunion
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| firstPublicationCentury |
19th century
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| form |
lyric narrative
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| genre |
narrative poem
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| hasAdaptation |
The Blessed Damozel (painting)
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| imagery |
lilies
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roses → stars → the bar of Heaven → |
| influencedBy |
Romanticism
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medieval Christian art → |
| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
Pre-Raphaelite
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| literaryPeriod |
Victorian literature
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| literaryStyle |
highly pictorial description
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symbolic imagery → |
| movement |
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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| notableFor |
Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic
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medievalizing imagery → sensuous religious symbolism → |
| painter |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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| poet |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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| setting |
Heaven
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| subjectMatter |
heavenly vision of a beloved woman
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separation of lovers by death → |
| theme |
afterlife
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death → love → religious imagery → spiritual longing → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Pre-Raphaelite art → |
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The Blessed Damozel
("the damozel")
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centralCharacter |
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The Blessed Damozel
("The Blessed Damozel (painting)")
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hasAdaptation |