Description
Book SynopsisThe paintings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are widely known and loved. This book presents a comprehensive survey of the intimate world of the Pre-Raphaelites drawings.
Trade Review'Opulent … examines with lavish illustrations the range of subject matter in enthralling detail' - V&A Magazine
Table of Contents1. Drawings and Drawing: A Pre-Raphaelite Introduction; 2. The Flat, the Antique and the Life: Academic Drawing and the Pre-Raphaelites; 3. Direct and Heartfelt: Early Influences on Pre-Raphaelite Drawing; 4. Studying Nature Attentively: Ruskin and Pre-Raphaelitism; 5. Drawing the Circle: Portraits, Self-Portraits and Caricatures; 6. Pre-Raphaelite Compositions: Drawing History, Drawing Modernity; 7. The Poetry of Illustration: Disseminating Pre-Raphaelite Drawing in the 1850s and 1860s; 8. Working Drawings: Design and Pattern from the Pre- Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement; 9. The Aesthetics of Drawing from the 1860s to the 1890s: The Pre-Raphaelite Influence
