I have this theory that all of Rossetti's women fall into one of three categories and they represent three different phases of his artistic career. The first is his Beatrice, the second the Venus and the third, the elusive Enigma. Ho hum.


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How utterly ridiculous! We're living in a world where there's tacky porn in every magazine, on every billboard, yet a beautiful painting which celebrates the human form has to be touched up? I remember shocking some of my church friends in saying that I would pose nude for a painting. As long as there is nothing sexual in it, I find it beautiful ( Read more... )