Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement

Ellis, Martin; Barringer, Timothy; Osborne, Victoria

ISBN 10: 3791357638 / ISBN 13: 9783791357638

Published by Prestel, 2018

About this Item

First Edition (2018.) Hardcover with dust jacket. Folio with 280 pages. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. Profusely illustrated. Pictures available upon request. "The full spectrum of the Victorian avant-garde is in magnificent display in this book that features nearly 150 works this is a hefty and gorgeous illumination into the Pre-Raphaelite and Arts & Crafts Movement in England. The eleven full page color details at the front of the book are sublime as well as the full detail color photographs of objects starting each chapter. This is first-rate, highest quality printing.Beautiful book." Pictorial-flesh color spine/Black-Yellow text. Large heavy book may require extra shipping. #034203 Size: Folio.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement
• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791357638
• ISBN 13: 9783791357638
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Exhibition Catalogue /Art

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Synopsis

This generously illustrated and exciting new study of the Victorian era features rarely seen works, provocative essays, and a striking, period-inspired design.

Although the word "Victorian" connotes a kind of dry propriety, the artists working in the Victorian era were anything but. Starting with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and lasting through the dawn of the 20th century, the era's painters, writers, and designers challenged every prevailing belief about art and its purpose. The full spectrum of the Victorian avant-garde is in magnificent display in this book that features nearly 150 works drawn from the city of Birmingham's unparalleled collection. Characterized by attention to detail, vibrant colors, and engagement with literary themes and daily life, the paintings, works on paper, and decorative objects featured reveal the myriad ways Victorian artists and artisans made sense of a rapidly changing world. Perceptive essays and the latest scholarship illuminate the issues these artists contended with, including the relationship to art and nature, questions of class and gender identity, the value of handmade versus machine production, and the search for beauty in an age of industry. Designed to reflect the tactile nature of the work and featuring typography inspired by the Victorian era, this beautiful volume is as fresh and bold as the visionaries it celebrates.
Copublished by the American Federation of Arts and DelMonico Books

About the Author

MARTIN ELLIS is a freelance curator, lecturer, and broadcaster and former Curator of Applied Art at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, England.

TIMOTHY BARRINGER is the Paul Mellon Professor and Chair of the History of Art at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

VICTORIA OSBORNE is Curator of Fine Art for Birmingham Museums Trust, England.