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Pre-Raphaelites 120 illustrations - cover

Pre-Raphaelites 120 illustrations

Robert de la Sizeranne

Publisher: Parkstone International

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Summary

In the Victorian era, England – swept along by the Industrial Revolution, the Pre-Raphaelite fold, William Morris, and the Arts and Crafts movement – aspired to return to traditional values. Wishing to resurrect the pure and noble forms of the Italian Renaissance, a group of painters including John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Edward Burne-Jones, favoured Realism and Biblical themes. This work, with its informed text and rich illustrations, enthusiastically describes this singular movement which provided the inspiration for Art Noveau and Symbolism.
Available since: 06/12/2014.
Print length: 71 pages.

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