The Golden Stairs
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The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Golden Stairs canonical | 3 |
| Golden Stairs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T267518 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Golden Stairs Context triple: [Pre-Raphaelite art, notableWork, The Golden Stairs]
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The Twelve
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The Great Eight
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C.
The Pleased
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E.
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Golden Stairs Target entity description: The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
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A.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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B.
The Great Eight
The Great Eight is the famous nickname of Russian ice hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin, one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history.
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C.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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D.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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E.
The Zahir
The Zahir is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores themes of obsession, love, and spiritual self-discovery through the story of a writer searching for his missing wife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ work of art ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
British Symbolism
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linked to:
Pre-Raphaelite art
Victorian art ⓘ |
| artist | Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aesthetic Movement
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linked to:
Aestheticism
Symbolism in art ⓘ
linked to:
Symbolist movement in art
|
| colorPalette | muted gold and pale tones ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1880 ⓘ |
| compositionFeature |
diagonal downward movement
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repetition of similar figures ⓘ spiral staircase leading out of frame ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Edward Burne-Jones
ⓘ
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones ⓘ
linked to:
Edward Burne-Jones
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| creatorNationality | British ⓘ |
| creatorStyle | highly finished, decorative surface ⓘ |
| depictionType | idealized female figures ⓘ |
| depicts |
barefoot women in flowing garments
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procession of ethereal figures ⓘ spiral staircase ⓘ young women descending a staircase ⓘ |
| genre | symbolist painting ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | later symbolist painters ⓘ |
| hasPart | musical instruments held by some figures ⓘ |
| inception | 1880 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement |
Pre-Raphaelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Raphaelite art
|
| narrative | ambiguous, non-literal narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
absence of explicit story or text reference
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dreamlike, otherworldly atmosphere ⓘ influence on later symbolist art ⓘ procession of nearly identical female figures ⓘ |
| style |
Pre-Raphaelite
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linked to:
Pre-Raphaelite art
dreamlike ⓘ symbolist ⓘ |
| theme |
music and harmony
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mystery and transcendence ⓘ ritual procession ⓘ |
| title | The Golden Stairs ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
careful linear drawing
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elongated figures ⓘ subtle, limited color range ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Golden Stairs Description of subject: The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Golden Stairs