... Raphael. They saw this time period as being more honest in their representation of their art and more alive in colour and form. The critics of the time were astounded and confused by paintings they considered naïve in their realism and startling in their treatment of both religious and secular subjects1. When perusing Dante Rossetti's artworks, it is clear that the women are very similar in appearance. Although Christina was only one of several models that sat for Dante Rossetti, all the women look incredibly alike2. Christina Rossetti views this as a personal and aesthetic obsession. The sonnet is rife with a fairly strong criticism of the male artist's obsession, "one face looks out," "one selfsame figure sits," "the same one meaning." The continual repetition of the word 'one' conveys the idea of obsession quite succinctly. It represents the idea of the artist's mind being solely focussed on the one ...

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