The Pre-Raphaelites: -World of Art Series- (E) - Softcover

Hilton, Timothy

 
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Synopsis

The works of the Pre-Raphaelites are among the best known and best loved of all English paintings, and yet there has long been a tendency to dismiss them as mere Victoriana, and to deny them their proper status as works of art. This pioneering critical history places the movement in its historical setting, relating the individual painters and their art to the larger concerns of 19th-century society. Virtually every Pre-Raphaelite painting is discussed in detail and illustrated here, including works by the best known – Holman Hunt, Rossetti and Millais – and the movement’s many minor talents.

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About the Author

Timothy Hilton has been an art critic for the Guardian and Independent on Sunday and has written art history books on Pre-Raphaelitism and Picasso among others.

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157 illustrations, 21 in colour. The works of the Pre-Raphaelites are among the best known and best loved of all English paintings, and yet there has long been a tendency to dismiss them as mere Victorian, and to deny them their proper status as works of art. This pioneering critical history places the movement in its historical setting, relating the individual painters and their art to the larger concerns of nineteenth-century society.

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