Pre-Raphaelite Drawing book by Colin Cruise

Colin Cruise

ISBN 10: 0500238812 / ISBN 13: 9780500238813

Published by Thames & Hudson, 2011, 2011

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of radical young artists who banded together in London in 1848, revolutionized British art. This book explores the vital role played by drawing and design, in all its variety, in the work of the Brotherhood and their associates. Alongside studies for paintings of religious, literary and medieval subjects are the group's portraits, self- portraits and caricatures, often exchanged as gifts; meticulous depictions of nature by John Ruskin and his followers; captivating drawings of the iconic Pre-Raphaelite models Lizzie Siddal and Jane Morris; and original designs for stained glass, textiles and ceramics. This is the most comprehensive survey of Pre-Raphaelite drawing to date. Art historian Colin Cruise explores the emergence of the Brotherhood's graphic style, their theories of naturalism, their radical promotion of new subjects, and their highly original use of watercolour as a drawing medium. He also demonstrates the impac.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pre-Raphaelite Drawing book by Colin Cruise
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500238812
• ISBN 13: 9780500238813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • All Things Art
  • Art Painting and Paintings

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Synopsis

A comprehensive and superbly illustrated study that reveals for the first time how drawing was central to the activity of making art for the Pre-Raphaelites.

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of radical young artists who banded together in London in 1848. This book explores the vital role played by drawing and design in the work of the Brotherhood and their associates and followers. Alongside nudes and figure studies are the group’s portraits, self-portraits, and caricatures that were often exchanged as gifts between friends; delicate studies of nature by John Ruskin and John Brett; scenes derived from religious, literary, and medieval sources; captivating studies of the iconic Pre-Raphaelite models Lizzie Siddal and Jane Morris; and original designs for stained glass, textiles, and ceramics.

The book explores the full variety of Pre-Raphaelite drawing and demonstrates the impact that it had on turn-of-the-century British art movements such as Aestheticism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau. Illustrated with the most important Pre-Raphaelite drawings from public and private collections in Britain―including striking works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and Edward Burne- Jones that have never before been exhibited or reproduced―it offers an intimate look into the enchanting world of the Pre-Raphaelites. 175 color and 100 black-and-white illustrations

About the Author

Colin Cruise has lectured and published widely on Victorian art, literature, and religion. Since 2006 he has been a research lecturer at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University, Wales.