The Pre-Raphaelites / Christopher Wood
1983, 2nd Edition. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #329432
ISBN: 0297780077
Physical description: 160 pages: illustrations; 32 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 156) and index. Originally published: 1981. Contents: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The origins of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood -- The Brotherhood 1848-1853 -- Dante Gabriel Rossetti -- John Everett Millais -- William Holman Hunt -- Followers and associates of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: Ford Madox Brown -- Arthur Hughes -- Other Pre-Raphaelite followers of the 1850s -- The Pre-Raphaelite landscape -- Later years. The second phase: Pre-Raphaelite and the Aesthetic movement -- The tragic Pre-Raphaelite: the later work of Rosseti -- The faithful Pre-Raphaelite: Holman Hunt -- The palace of art: William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones -- Some Pre-Raphaelite followers 1860-1920 -- John William Waterhouse -- The last phase 1890-1920 -- A personal postscript. Subjects: Hunt, William Holman 1827-1910. Millais, John Everett. Rosetti, Dante Gabriel. 1800-1899. Pre-Raphaelitism Great Britain. Painting, British. Painting, Modern 19th century. Painting, British 19th century. Painting, British 20th century. Pre-Raphaelitism England. Art and literature. English paintings Pre-Raphaelitism Critical studies. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
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