In 1848, seven inexperienced young artists banded together to form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, one of the first and most distinctive group movements in modern art. Analysing their materials, techniques, and working pratices, this book examines how Pre-Raphaelite pictures make the viewer see something more than the traditional painting styles.

Examines the impact of international modernism on British art and the emergence of distinctly British counter-movements. This volume includes maps, chronologies, bibliographies, an index and finding aids. It is suitable for the study of British Art from secondary school to PhD level.

What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. It charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century.

Explores the distinctive role of painting in the debates surrounding the notion of 'art for art's sake' and Aestheticism in Victorian England. This book traces the emergence of the debates in 1860s and their development into 1870s, focusing on the principal protagonists of the Aesthetic Movement and their paintings.

What happened in Victorian painting and sculpture after the pre-Raphaelites? Aestheticism has been called the next avant-garde movement but attention has centred on literary figures. This volume overviews parallel trends in the visual arts and their links with science and morality.

Step into the classical world of the most prominent artist of the Victorian era through this sumptuous volume featuring a selection of his work.

The Modern Pre-Raphaelite. This comprehensive survey presents the work of John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917), one of Britain's best-known nineteenth-century painters.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) and Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), this volume explores the life and work of nineteenth-century English painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It features 190 illustrations (many in color) of works from all periods of the artis