{"product_id":"last-pre-raphaelite","title":"Last Pre Raphaelite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, this is the biography of celebrated \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enineteenth-century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eartist Edward Burne-Jones, who - with William Morris - connects Victorian and modern art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A triumph of biographical art.'' \u003c\/b\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Magnificent.'' \u003c\/b\u003eGuardian   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Rarely are biographies both as authoritative and engaging as this.''\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The angels on our Christmas cards, the stained glass in our churches, the great paintings in our galleries - \u003cb\u003eEdward Burne-Jones\u003c\/b\u003e''s work is all around us. The most admired British artist of his generation, he was a leading figure with \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e in the aesthetic movement of the 1880s, inventing what became an iconic ''Burne-Jones look''. Widely recognised as the bridge between Victorian and modern art, he influenced not just his immediate circle but European artists such as Klimt and Picasso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this gripping book, award-winning biographer\u003cb\u003e Fiona MacCarthy \u003c\/b\u003edramatically re-evaluates his art and life - his battle against vicious public hostility, the romantic susceptibility to female beauty that would inspire his work but ruin his marriage, his ill health and depressive sensibility, and the devastating rift with his great friend and collaborator, \u003cb\u003eWilliam Morris\u003c\/b\u003e, when their views on art and politics diverged. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending new research with a fresh historical perspective, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Last Pre-Raphaelite \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003etells the extraordinary story of Burne-Jones: a radical artist, landmark of Victorian society - and peculiarly captivating man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318874612094,"sku":"NW9780571228621","price":18.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571228621.jpg?v=1778639291","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/last-pre-raphaelite","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}