The illustrated letters and diaries of the Pre-Raphaelites / selected and introduced by Jan Marsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsh, Jan, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pre-Raphaelites.

Pre-Raphaelitism.

Pre-Raphaelites--Correspondence.

Pre-Raphaelites--Diaries.

Genre:

Personal correspondence.

Diaries.

Correspondence.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 20 x 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Batsford, 2018.

Summary:

"The story of how a group of precocious young artists shook up the British art establishment, told through their works, letters and diaries. A very handsome illustrated history of the linked lives and loves of a group of supremely talented artists of late Victorian Britain through their passionate writings. It features the painters, poets, critics and designers: Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Fanny Cornforth, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, William and Janey Morris, Chrstina, Dante Gabriel, and William Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Bell Scott and Lizzie Siddal. The artistic aspirations and achievements of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood as revealed alongside the interwoven dramas of their personal lives, in letters, diaries and reminiscences, while their genius is displayed in vivid paintings, drawings, designs and poems. The Pre-Raphaelites was a charmed circles of love, friendship and art. It is a vital book in understanding the Pre-Raphaelite art, which remains as popular and moving as ever."--Provided by publisher

Contents:

The P.R.B.

Under attack

Effie

Modern life and love

Hunt in the Holy Land

Jovial friends

The Firm

Venus discordia

The Pre-Raphaelite circle

In the footsteps of the Pre-Raphaelites.

Notes:

Originally published in 1996 under the title: The Pre-Raphaelites : their lives in letters and diaries.

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1849944962

9781849944960

OCLC:

1075237139