{"product_id":"illustrated-letters-and-diaries-of-the-pre-raphaelites-9781849944960","title":"Illustrated Letters and Diaries of the Pre-Raphaelites","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of how a group of precocious young artists shook up the British art establishment, told through their works, letters and diaries. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn illustrated history of the linked lives and loves of a group of supremely talented artists of late Victorian Britain through their passionate writings. It features the painters, poets, critics and designers: Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Fanny Cornforth, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, William and Janey Morris, Christina, Dante Gabriel, and William Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Bell Scott and Lizzie Siddal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe artistic aspirations and achievements of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are revealed alongside the interwoven dramas of their personal lives, in letters, diaries and reminiscences, while their genius is displayed in vivid paintings, drawings, designs and poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Pre-Raphaelites was a charmed circles of love, friendship and art. Within an ever-changing flow of affections, and intimacies as richly patterned as a tapestry, they worked together as companions, lovers and partners. They shared tragedy as well as happiness, critical hostility as well as success, even the griefs of infidelity and discord. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese creative partnerships, which also created the firm William Morris and Co, revitalised Victorian art and design. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe new edition publishes in time for the start of the Burne Jones Exhibition at Tate Britain, starting in October 18. It is a vital book in understanding the Pre-Raphaelite art, which remains as popular and moving as ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Batsford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849944960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Jan Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933529567413,"sku":"9781849944960","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/illustrated-letters-and-diaries-of-the-pre-raphaelites-9781849944960","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}