Catalog of an exhibition held at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery January 29-May 15, 2011 and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney June 17-September 4, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-241) and index.
Contents:
Drawings and drawing : a Pre-Raphaelite introduction -- The flat, the antique and the life : academic drawing and the Pre-Raphaelites -- Direct and heartfelt : early influences on Pre-Raphaelite drawing -- Studying nature attentively : Ruskin and Pre-Raphaelitism -- Drawing the circle : portraits, self-portraits and caricatures -- Pre-Raphaelite compositions : drawing history, drawing modernity -- The poetry of illustration : disseminating Pre-Raphaelite drawing in the 1850s and 1860s -- Working drawings : design and pattern from the Pre-Raphaelites to the arts and crafts movement -- The aesthetics of drawing from the 1860s to the 1890s : the Pre-Raphaelite influence.
Summary:
Copiously illustrated with pre-Raphaelite drawings from public and private collections around the UK, the book features an illuminating text by the renowned art historian Colin Cruise, offering a fresh and intimate perspective on this much-loved group of artists.
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