The Art of the Pre-RaphaelitesWhen the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood met in 1848, they were to produce a statement of ideas that would revolutionize artistic practice in pre-Victorian England. This book examines why these ideas still retain the power to fascinate and shock 150 years later. |
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... tion ?. " New friends , including not only Burne - Jones and Morris but James McNeill Whistler , Simeon and Rebecca Solomon , Frederick Sandys and others joined in experimentation with the new category ( see for example figs . 160 , 166 ...
... tion ?. " New friends , including not only Burne - Jones and Morris but James McNeill Whistler , Simeon and Rebecca Solomon , Frederick Sandys and others joined in experimentation with the new category ( see for example figs . 160 , 166 ...
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... tion of the professional model and the lay figure . " But this only reinforces the point : what gave the figure specific individuality was the face and head , and for these the middle - class model was specially suitable , according to ...
... tion of the professional model and the lay figure . " But this only reinforces the point : what gave the figure specific individuality was the face and head , and for these the middle - class model was specially suitable , according to ...
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... tion , while the chin's firmness may indicate qualities of determination appropriate to the narrative of emigration . The eyes , wide open and turned slightly upward , may signify hope . " 1 These suggestions seem to make sense , , but ...
... tion , while the chin's firmness may indicate qualities of determination appropriate to the narrative of emigration . The eyes , wide open and turned slightly upward , may signify hope . " 1 These suggestions seem to make sense , , but ...
Contents
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 7 |
CHAPTER 1 | 18 |
CHAPTER 2 | 29 |
Copyright | |
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