The Golden Stairs
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The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting → work of art → |
| artHistoricalContext |
Pre-Raphaelite art
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surface form: "British Symbolism"
Victorian art → |
| artist | Edward Burne-Jones → |
| artisticPeriod | late 19th century → |
| associatedWith |
Aestheticism
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surface form: "Aesthetic Movement"
Symbolist movement in art →
surface form: "Symbolism in art"
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| colorPalette | muted gold and pale tones → |
| completionDate | circa 1880 → |
| compositionFeature |
diagonal downward movement
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repetition of similar figures → spiral staircase leading out of frame → |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom → |
| creator |
Edward Burne-Jones
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Edward Burne-Jones →
surface form: "Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones"
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| creatorNationality | British → |
| creatorStyle | highly finished, decorative surface → |
| depictionType | idealized female figures → |
| depicts |
barefoot women in flowing garments
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procession of ethereal figures → spiral staircase → young women descending a staircase → |
| genre | symbolist painting → |
| hasInfluence | later symbolist painters → |
| hasPart | musical instruments held by some figures → |
| inception | 1880 → |
| languageOfTitle | English → |
| medium | oil on canvas → |
| movement |
Pre-Raphaelite art
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surface form: "Pre-Raphaelite"
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| narrative | ambiguous, non-literal narrative → |
| notableFor |
absence of explicit story or text reference
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dreamlike, otherworldly atmosphere → influence on later symbolist art → procession of nearly identical female figures → |
| style |
Pre-Raphaelite art
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surface form: "Pre-Raphaelite"
dreamlike → symbolist → |
| theme |
music and harmony
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mystery and transcendence → ritual procession → |
| title | The Golden Stairs → |
| visualCharacteristic |
careful linear drawing
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elongated figures → subtle, limited color range → |
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