The Pre-Raphaelites by Christopher Wood

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Summary

United in their opposition to the artistic establishment, the Pre-Raphaelites were determined to paint their pictures with complete fidelity to nature, using pure and vibrant colours on a white background. This book charts the rise and continued influence of this movement.

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The Pre-Raphaelites by Christopher Wood

In 1848 the governments and thrones of Europe were falling. In England politicalrevolution was averted but in that year three young students at the Royal Academy started an artistic revolution that was to reverberate through the rest of the century. Their names were Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. They were united in their opposition to the prevailingartistc establishment.
Christopher Wood is England's leading writer and broadcaster on Victorian art. Educated at St John's College, Cambridge, he spent fourteen years working at the London auction house, Christie's, becoming director of nineteenth-century paintings. He started his own gallery, specialising in Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian art, in 1977, and now works privately in London.
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ISBN 13 9780753802427
ISBN 10 0753802422
Title The Pre-Raphaelites
Author Christopher Wood
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1997-10-13
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.