Complete Paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The young Rossettis were brought up in a unique environment where progressive politics and artistic creativity were of the highest value.Ĭhristina Rossetti (1830-1894) blazed an early trail – her poetry was first published when she was just 16 years old. The Rossettis were first-generation Londoners: their father was an Italian freedom-fighter and poet, and their mother was a scholar, also from an Italian family. How did the Rossettis kick-start this influential way of life among artists back in Victorian Britain? And how do wombats come into the picture? It begins with the unconventional family household. That involves conventional gender roles, conservative attitudes towards love, traditional family values, conformity in dress, and the repression of sensual pleasure.

At its heart, bohemianism is an assault on any value perceived to be middle-class. Its counter-cultural swagger is integral to the devil-may-care attitude of performers like Patti Smith and the 1975's Matty Healy, the outré fashion of David Bowie and Lady Gaga, and the hedonism of Keith Richards and Kate Moss. The bohemian spirit of outlandish fashion and excessive behaviour is central to modern-day music, design, clothing, and art.

Originating as a derogatory term for Roma travellers in France, the term has since been used to define individuals of unconventional behaviour and experimental fashion choices: those who mischief the rules of society and soar towards adventure, and expressive freedoms.

Complete Paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Dante Gabriel Rossetti