Скачать или смотреть ‘Heaven’s Promise’: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Spiritualism PART I

Discover Rossetti's Victorian Spiritualism, how it influenced his painting and poetry, and how it reflected those of other artists.

This lecture will address his personal séance experiences after the death of his wife, the artist Lizzie Siddal, and consider the significance of the medieval poet Dante and the 18th Century mystic Swedenborg, in Rossetti’s depictions of the ‘dead beloved’ and the reunion of lovers in heaven.

Dr. Anna Maddison is a researcher and lecturer in the History of Art and English Literature, specialising in the Victorian era. Her doctoral thesis addressed the influence of Victorian Spiritualism upon the work of Pre-Raphaelite poet-painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Dr. Maddison has 18 years experience of designing and teaching courses at university level, for the University of Liverpool (Continuing Education), LJMU, and in a freelance capacity at other higher education venues and art galleries, including the Walker, the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Tate Liverpool.