Pre-Raphaelite Painting and Nineteenth-Century Realism
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- Author: Marcia Werner, Temple University, Philadelphia
- Date Published: March 2005
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521824682
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Marcia Werner challenges several long-standing beliefs about the Pre-Raphaelite painting movement, often characterized as a disparate group who pursued divergent, even antithetical goals. Werner argues that the Pre-Raphaelites developed and shared an artistic philosophy comprehensive enough to embrace all of their differences. She reconstructs this credo through careful study of writings by Pre-Raphaelite artists.
Read more- Establishes a comprehensive theory of early Pre-Raphaelite art
- Identifies Pre-Raphaelitism as a distinctly English expression of Realism, reflecting British artistic and philosophical heritage
- Uncovers previously neglected sources for early Pre-Raphaelite art, and re-evaluates the purported contribution of John Ruskin
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' … this is a fascinating book, which is argued very convincingly because it is so carefully based on empirical research and primary sources … Werner's arguments will probably stand the test of time.' The Art Book
See more reviews'It is already proving a stimulating addition to my students bibliographies and must become essential reading for scholars, students and lay enthusiasts alike - anyone interested in the thought, art or culture of nineteenth-century Europe.' True Principles
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- Date Published: March 2005
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521824682
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 254 x 182 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.825kg
- contains: 58 b/w illus.
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
Part I. Theory:
1. Received opinion
2. John Ruskin
3. Modern Painters I: The theoretic faculty
4. Modern Painters II: the imaginative faculty
5. Ruskin's Pre-Raphaelitism
6. Pre-Raphaelite assessment of Ruskin's influence
7. The Germ
8. William Michael Rossetti: history and time in Pre-Raphaelite art
9. The interconnection of sacred and secular in Pre-Raphaelitism
10. William Michael Rossetti's review articles
11. John Stuart Mill: utilitarianism and the British Empire
12. Thomas Carlyle and The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine
Part II. Practice:
13. The shared vision of Pre-Raphaelite realism
14. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and French realism
15. Dante Gabriel Rossetti: realism in early Pre-Raphaelite poetry
16. Hand and Soul and St. Agnes of Intercession
17. Dante Gabriel Rossetti: paintings and drawings
18. Found
19. John Everett Millais
20. William Holman Hunt
21. The Lady of Shalott
22. May Morning on Magdalen Tower
23. Ford Madox Brown
24. Work and Cromwell on his Farm.
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