Reading the Pre-Raphaelites / Tim Barringer.

Author/creator Barringer, T. J.
Format Book
EditionRev. ed.
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.
Description192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Note on the revised edition -- Introduction. Past and present ; Pre-Raphaelite identities ; Contexts ; Art history and pre-Raphaelitism -- 1. Rebellion and revivalism. Architecture and society ; Ford Madox Brown and the Westminster frescoes ; The brotherhood ; Revivalism and realism ; Rossetti and his followers in the 1850s ; Pre-Raphaelitism to socialism -- 2. Truth to nature. Ruskin and Turner ; Modern painters and pre-Raphaelite painting ; Peculiarly English : Madox Brown's view from the suburbs ; Young Ruskinians : Brett and Inchbold ; Photography and pre-Raphaelitism ; A multitude of minute details ; Time, mood and nostalgia : Victorian landscapes after pre-Raphaelitism -- 3. Modern life. Modern life and genre ; separate spheres ; The fallen woman ; Men at work -- 4. Art, religion and empire. Tractarian tendencies ; Muscular Christianity ; The light of the world ; Religion, race and empire : Holman Hunt in the Holy Land ; Typological symbolism -- 5. Pre-Raphaelites and aesthetes. Millais in 1856 : evocations of mood ; Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall ; Bocca baciata ; The condition of music ; Bohemianism and the erotic ; Aestheticism and pre-Raphaelite photography ; Burne-Jones ; pre-Raphaelite to aesthete ; The Whistler-Ruskin trial -- Epilogue.
Abstract Noted for its vivid colors, elaborate use of symbols, and dedication to close observation of the natural world, the work of Pre-Raphaelite artists combines a deep engagement with the past and a modern realism that exemplifies the concerns of the age of steam travel. In Reading the Pre-Raphaelites, author Tim Barringer draws on an imaginative selection of paintings, drawings, and photographs to suggest that the dynamic energy of Pre-Raphaelitism arose out of the paradoxes at its heart. Past and present, historicism and modernity, symbolism and realism, as well as the tensions between city and country, men and women, worker and capitalist, colonizer and colonized all make appearances within Pre-Raphaelite art. By focusing on these issues, Barringer draws together the strands of revisionist thought on the Pre-Raphaelites and provides a range of stimulating new interpretations of their work. Beautifully illustrated, the revised edition of this authoritative survey traces the history of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and includes new sections on photography as well as a revised introduction and bibliography. --Publisher description.
General note"First published in Great Britain in 1998 by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011037516
ISBN9780300177336 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN030017733X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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