DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI AND THE PRE-RAPHAELITE MOVEMENTBy Esther Wood
A study of the celebrated Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his circle, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. All of the Pre-Raphaelite artists are explored in Wood's detailed book, first published in 1894, including Morris, Hunt, Ford, Burne-Jones, and Millais. Wood also considers the relation of the Pre-Raphaelites to poetry, literature, mediaeval romance and mythology, and contemporary culture in late Victorian Britain. Fully illustrated (over 85 illustrations), with works from Rossetti and all of the Pre-Raphaelite artists. Hardcover, with a full colour case laminate cover. Painters Series. Bibliography and notes. 320pp. www.crmoon.com