Pre-Raphaelites & Their World

by Barnes, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9781854372208
• ISBN10: 1854372203
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Tate

Summary

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in 1848 when a group of young artists joined together in an attempt to revitalize contemporary art. Their work provoked censure from critics and shocked reactions from the public, yet from the Pre-Raphaelite circle emerged some of the greatest artists of the 19th century -- Rossetti, Millais, Holman Hunt, and the decorative artist William Morris. The Pre-Raphaelites and Their World discusses the lives and work of these friends and arch-rivals. Illustrated with photographs of the artists and reproductions of some of their finest paintings, it includes a history of the society from which the artists emerged, with a discussion of the position of women and the role of religion and literature in Pre-Raphaelite art.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Royal Academy -- John Ruskin -- The Formation of the Brotherhood -- The Modern-Life Subject -- The Image of Women -- The Fallen Woman -- The Town -- The Country	7	(32)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882	39	(14)
John Everett Millais 1829-1896	53	(14)
William Holman Hunt 1827-1910	67	(14)
Ford Madox Brown 1821-1893	81	(8)
William Morris 1834-1896	89	(8)
Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1833-1898	97	(9)
Arthur Hughes 1832-1915	106	(7)
Aftermath	113	(3)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY	116	(1)
LIST OF PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS	117	(1)
INDEX	118