La Pia de' Tolomei by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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"La Pia de' Tolomei" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti is a Pre-Raphaelite painting depicting the tragic Dantean figure La Pia, modeled by Jane Morris and noted for its intense emotional atmosphere and symbolic detail.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pre-Raphaelite artwork
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
dense patterning of background elements
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expressive hands and face of the model ⓘ |
| artisticMovementContext | second phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement ⓘ |
| artStyle |
highly detailed
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richly colored ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jane Morris as Rossetti's muse
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Rossetti's interest in Dantean subjects ⓘ Rossetti's series of paintings of tragic women ⓘ |
| basedOn |
La Pia from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
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Purgatorio, Canto V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
deep greens
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earth tones ⓘ warm reds ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Dante Gabriel Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Victorian fascination with Dante and medievalism ⓘ |
| depicts |
La Pia de' Tolomei
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a ring as a symbol of marriage and betrayal ⓘ landscape glimpsed beyond confinement ⓘ |
| depictsEmotion |
melancholy
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resignation ⓘ |
| depictsSetting | interior or enclosed space ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
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literary painting ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
Dante Alighieri
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Italian medieval literature ⓘ |
| hasSubjectOrigin | medieval Siena legend of La Pia ⓘ |
| iconography | symbolic objects alluding to betrayal and death ⓘ |
| mainSubject | tragic Dantean heroine ⓘ |
| model | Jane Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
intense emotional atmosphere
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symbolic detail ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fusion of literary and visual symbolism
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psychological intensity of the sitter ⓘ |
| portrays |
a contemplative seated figure
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a literary heroine reimagined as a Victorian beauty ⓘ a woman in confinement ⓘ |
| relatedWork | other Dantean paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ |
| theme |
imprisonment
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love and betrayal ⓘ memory and loss ⓘ spiritual suffering ⓘ |
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