The Pre-Raphaelites & Their World: A Personal View
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Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
At the very heart of one of Victorian England's most revolutionary artistic movements stands a singular witness — William Michael Rossetti, brother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and lifelong champion of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The Pre-Raphaelites & their World: A Personal View presents an intimate, first-hand account of the Brotherhood's origins, ambitions, and controversies, drawn from Some Reminiscences and other writings of W. M. Rossetti, offering readers an unparalleled window into the lives of artists such as Millais, Holman Hunt, and the Rossetti siblings who dared to challenge the academic conventions of their age. With an introduction and epilogue by Angela Thirlwell, this Folio Society edition contextualises Rossetti's recollections within the broader sweep of Victorian cultural history, illuminating the personal rivalries, romantic entanglements, and passionate idealism that defined the movement. Rossetti's prose is measured yet warmly observational, chronicling the salons and studios of mid-nineteenth-century London with the authority of an insider who was present at the creation of something genuinely radical. For anyone captivated by the intersection of art, poetry, and social upheaval in the Victorian era, this volume raises a tantalising question: how much of a movement's legacy is shaped not by its greatest artists, but by those who loved and documented them?
Author: William Michael Rossetti
Format: Hardback
Published: 1995, The Folio Society
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
At the very heart of one of Victorian England's most revolutionary artistic movements stands a singular witness — William Michael Rossetti, brother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and lifelong champion of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The Pre-Raphaelites & their World: A Personal View presents an intimate, first-hand account of the Brotherhood's origins, ambitions, and controversies, drawn from Some Reminiscences and other writings of W. M. Rossetti, offering readers an unparalleled window into the lives of artists such as Millais, Holman Hunt, and the Rossetti siblings who dared to challenge the academic conventions of their age. With an introduction and epilogue by Angela Thirlwell, this Folio Society edition contextualises Rossetti's recollections within the broader sweep of Victorian cultural history, illuminating the personal rivalries, romantic entanglements, and passionate idealism that defined the movement. Rossetti's prose is measured yet warmly observational, chronicling the salons and studios of mid-nineteenth-century London with the authority of an insider who was present at the creation of something genuinely radical. For anyone captivated by the intersection of art, poetry, and social upheaval in the Victorian era, this volume raises a tantalising question: how much of a movement's legacy is shaped not by its greatest artists, but by those who loved and documented them?