Original manuscript of Autumn Song by Rossetti, 1848, Ashley Library Rossetti's personal life was closely linked to his work, especially his relationships with his models and muses Elizabeth Siddal (whom he married), Fanny Cornforth and Jane Morris. He frequently wrote sonnets to accompany his pictures, spanning from The Girlhood of Mary Virgin (1849) and Astarte Syriaca (1877), while also creating art to illustrate poems such as Goblin Market by the celebrated poet Christina Rossetti, his sister. Poetry and image are closely entwined in Rossetti's work. His later poetry was characterised by the complex interlinking of thought and feeling, especially in his sonnet sequence, The House of Life. His early poetry was influenced by John Keats and William Blake. Rossetti's art was characterised by its sensuality and its medieval revivalism. His work also influenced the European Symbolists and was a major precursor of the Aesthetic movement. Rossetti inspired the next generation of artists and writers, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones in particular. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti ( – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti ( / r ə ˈ z ɛ t i/ rə- ZET-ee, Italian: ), was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and member of the Rossetti family. Gaetano Polidori (maternal grandfather).
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