Frederic Leighton: Antiquity, Renaissance, Modernity Volume 5

Liberated from the constraints of tradition, the Pre-Raphaelites of mid-Victorian England produced distinctive representations of nature and society in paintings remarkable for their compositional vitality and hallucinatory effects of color. This lavishly illustrated book provides a fresh appraisal of the Pre-Raphaelite artists and their radical departure from artistic conventions. Tim Barringer explores the meanings so richly encoded in Pre-Raphaelite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300079370
• ISBN13: 9780300079371
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.2" x 10.3"