The poetry and painting of such Pre-Raphaelite artists as Rossetti and Morris are intimately linked in terms of both the theoretic base and the techniques adopted in the process of creation,so much so that the interac...The poetry and painting of such Pre-Raphaelite artists as Rossetti and Morris are intimately linked in terms of both the theoretic base and the techniques adopted in the process of creation,so much so that the interaction between the two could be labeled symbiotic.The paper aims to trace the origin of this kinship by adumbrating the relationship between poetry and painting from ancient Greece to the 19th century,illustrating the art aesthetic of John Ruskin(his defense for poetry and painting as sister arts and his philosophy of beauty in particular)as the foundation for the two target artists'practice,and examining the diverse techniques employed in their artistic production.展开更多
文摘The poetry and painting of such Pre-Raphaelite artists as Rossetti and Morris are intimately linked in terms of both the theoretic base and the techniques adopted in the process of creation,so much so that the interaction between the two could be labeled symbiotic.The paper aims to trace the origin of this kinship by adumbrating the relationship between poetry and painting from ancient Greece to the 19th century,illustrating the art aesthetic of John Ruskin(his defense for poetry and painting as sister arts and his philosophy of beauty in particular)as the foundation for the two target artists'practice,and examining the diverse techniques employed in their artistic production.