The Pre-Raphaelites

Robert de la Sizeranne

ISBN 10: 1683259335 / ISBN 13: 9781683259336

Published by Confidential Concepts Inc, US, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pre-Raphaelites
• Publisher: Confidential Concepts Inc, US
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1683259335
• ISBN 13: 9781683259336
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 20.5W x 0.79H x 26.01D centimeters 20.5 centimeters width by 0.79 centimeters height by 26.01 centimeters depth
• Weight: 463 grams

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Synopsis

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 19th-century. This work, with its captivating text and rich illustrations, describes with enthusiasm this singular movement which notably inspired Art Nouveau and Symbolism.

About the Author

The essayist Robert de la Sizeranne, the notable author of Mornings in Florence, Simple Studies of Christian Art, retraces the epic movement that was Pre-Raphaelism, aided by a rich selection of documentation. This text explores everything from its origins to its characteristics, and offers a remarkable presentation of the masters of the Brotherhood. Amongst the author s successes are included the works John Ruskin, Religion and Beauty and Art during the War, 1914-1918.