Bibliograph

The pre-Raphaelites, Robert de la Sizeranne ; [translator, Andrew Byrd]

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The pre-Raphaelites, Robert de la Sizeranne ; [translator, Andrew Byrd]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

photographsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pre-Raphaelites

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

777810848

Responsibility statement

Robert de la Sizeranne ; [translator, Andrew Byrd]

Series statement

Art of century collection

Summary

In Victorian England, with the country swept up in the Industrial Revolution, the Pre-Raphaelites, close to William Morris' Arts and Crafts movement, yearned for a return to bygone values. Wishing to revive the pure and noble forms of the Italian Renaissance, the major painters of the circle such as John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt, in opposition to the academicism of the time, favoured realism and biblical themes over the affected canons of the nineteenth century. This work, with its captivating text and rich illustrations, describes with enthusiasm this si

Table Of Contents

The Origins of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; English Art in 1844; The Pre-Raphaelite Battle; The Definition and Results of Pre-Raphaelitism; Intentions; Major Artists; William Holman Hunt (London, 1827 -- London, 1910); Sir John Everett Millais (Southampton, 1829 -- London, 1896); Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London, 1828 -- Birchington, 1882); Ford Madox Brown (Calais, 1821 -- London, 1893); Arthur Hughes (London, 1832 -- Kew, 1915); Sir Edward Burne-Jones (Birmingham, 1833 -- West Stratton, 1898); William Morris (Walthamstow, 1834 -- Kelmscott, 1896); Notes; Index

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