House of life. In 2 books. Rossetti D.G.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) - an outstanding English poet, translator, illustrator and artist, one of the creators of the Brotherhood of the Pre -Raphaelites - the associations of poets who sought to return art to his Dopaelevsky naive form, to aesthetic perfection and harmony, which is especially especially It was clearly manifested in the works they born.

the main poetic monument D.G. Rossetti was the cycle of sonnets “House of Life”, which created throughout almost his creative path. The name of the collection indicates a specific content: the house of life for the poet is creativity, love, philosophy and nature, part of which is man. In the sonnet form, Rossetti saw the opportunity to realize a moment in its entirety. Each sonnet recreates a certain hour from the poet’s life, mood, atmosphere, a picture, which he considered worthy of perpetuation. One of the main characters in the sonnets is love, which appears at the junction of an erotic and spiritual - not idealized "beautiful lady", but a woman from flesh and blood. Rossetti's sonnets are marked by vivid illustrative effects and atmosphere of luxurious beauty, serve as excellent “illustrations” for its paintings.

The scientific-commented translation of the “House of Life” was prepared for the “Literary Monuments” series by the largest Russian specialist in Rossetti, Doctor Philological sciences B.C. Neklyaev. The publication is also accompanied by detailed articles about the life path of Rossetti (B.C. Neklyaev) and the perception of the work of this artist and poet in Russia (D.N. Zhakin). "Was the basis of this publication. In general, the visual series of Rossetti’s picturesque creations (over 150 paintings), presented in a two -volume, will allow domestic art lovers to get a large -scale idea of ​​the creative path of this genius artist and poet.