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Loading... Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (Art of Century)by Robert de la Sizeranne
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In Victorian England, with the country swept up in the Industrial Revolution, the Pre-Raphaelites, close to William Morris' Arts and Crafts movement, yearned for a return to bygone values. Wishing to revive the pure and noble forms of the Italian Renaissance, the major painters of the circle such as John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt, in opposition to the academicism of the time, favoured realism and biblical themes over the affected canons of the nineteenth century. This work, with its captivating text and rich illustrations, describes with enthusiasm this si No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)759.2The arts Painting History, geographic treatment, biography England and British IslesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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