{"product_id":"illustrated-letters-diaries-pre-raphae","title":"Illustrated Letters \u0026 Diaries\/pre Raphae","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of how a group of precocious young artists shook up the British art establishment, told through their works, letters and diaries. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn illustrated history of the linked lives and loves of a group of supremely talented artists of late Victorian Britain through their passionate writings. It features the painters, poets, critics and designers: Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Fanny Cornforth, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, William and Janey Morris, Christina, Dante Gabriel, and William Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Bell Scott and Lizzie Siddal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artistic aspirations and achievements of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are revealed alongside the interwoven dramas of their personal lives, in letters, diaries and reminiscences, while their genius is displayed in vivid paintings, drawings, designs and poems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pre-Raphaelites was a charmed circles of love, friendship and art. Within an ever-changing flow of affections, and intimacies as richly patterned as a tapestry, they worked together as companions, lovers and partners. They shared tragedy as well as happiness, critical hostility as well as success, even the griefs of infidelity and discord. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese creative partnerships, which also created the firm William Morris and Co, revitalised Victorian art and design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new edition publishes in time for the start of the Burne Jones Exhibition at Tate Britain, starting in October 18. It is a vital book in understanding the Pre-Raphaelite art, which remains as popular and moving as ever. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312300794238,"sku":"NW9781849944960","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781849944960.jpg?v=1778511746","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/illustrated-letters-diaries-pre-raphae","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}