Renowned as much for their bohemian lifestyle as for their art, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood brought notoriety to British painting in the nineteenth century. The Pre-Raphaelites set out to reform contemporary art, to make it 'true to nature'. Yet their greater achievement was to change public perceptions about what it means to be an artist. This book describes and illustrates the lives of the Pre-Raphaelites, revealing both their social relationships and artistic ideals. Born from the youthful enthusiasm of John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Brotherhood was founded as a semi-secret group committed to exposing the art of the Royal Academy as tired, trivial and 'sloshy'. Their pictures made an initial impression, inviting criticism as outlandish, ugly, crude and irreverent. But, from the beginning, their private lives - from the tragedy of Elizabeth Siddal's drug-induced demise to the triumph of Millais' appointment as President of the RA - attracted equal notoriety.
Jan Marsh's compelling account of these remarkable men and women uses their contemporary portraits to explore both the individual personalities, as well as the artistic force that bound the circle together.
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Höhe: 210 mm
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978-1-85514-446-0 (9781855144460)
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Jan Marsh is a writer specialising in biographies of artists and authors. Her books include William Morris and Red House (2006). Exhibitions include Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists (1997) and Black Victorians (2005).
Introduction Biographies Dante Gabriel Rossetti William Holman Hunt John Everett Millais William Michael Rossetti Thomas Woolner Christina Rossetti Frederic George Stephens Ford Madox Brown William Allingham Walter Howell Deverell William Wilkie Collins Arthur Hughes John Ruskin Euphemia Gray, later Millais George Price Boyce Joanna Boyce Wells Elizabeth Siddal William Bell Scott John Brett Alfred, Lord Tennyson Julia Margaret Cameron George Frederic Watts William Morris Jane Morris Edward Burne-Jones Georgiana Burne-Jones Stephen Lushington Philip Speakman Webb Algernon Charles Swinburne John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Anthony Frederick Sandys Simeon Solomon Valentine Cameron Prinsep MArie Spartali Stillman William and Evelyn de Morgan Lucy Madox Brown May Morris Emery Walker Select bibliography List of illustrations Index
