Subjects:  1. 1853-1940    2. 1874-1910    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Bonham, Amy,    7. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley,    8. Correspondence    9. England    10. Gaskell, May,    11. Painters    12. Women    13. Biography & Autobiography / Women   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Individual Artist    4. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    5. Individual artists    6. Painting & paintings   

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Medieval Eyes
In death, SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES became the first artist to have funeral services at Westminster Abbey. In life, he put his Oxford University studies in medieval legend and literature to work in Graham piano decorations, King Arthur theatre sets for the Lyceum, and Theatre of London book illustrations. His first decorative work was a Chaucerean design, and his collaboration with William Morris on the Kelmscott Press Illustrated Chaucer was impressive. "Astrologia" shared his favorite sphere motif with "Days of Creation," "Hope," and such portraits as the "Baronne Deslandes." "Golden Stairs" included his recipe for painting success: musical instruments. "Laus Veneris" had the finest of his tapestry-like surface patterns. "Pan and Psyche" was set in one of his typical landscapes: mysteriously dreamlike, with legendary incidents. "Star of Bethlehem" was a watercolor of his "Adoration of the Magi" tapestry: his original stained glass and tapestry designs tended to show up later in paintings. "Temperantia" pioneered his hallmark elaborately folded and wrinkled draperies. But his art also found lighter moments in caricatures and comic sketches, such as his illustrated "Letters to Kate," daughter of lawyer friend George Lewis. Russell Ash's beautifully illustrated, well-written book makes good 19th-century reading with Timothy Hilton's THE PRE-RAPHAELITES, Lionel Lambourne's VICTORIAN PAINTING, Julian Treuherz's VICTORIAN PAINTING, and Malcolm Warner's THE VICTORIANS. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1833-1898    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley,    5. Catalogs    6. Criticism and interpretation    7. England    8. History - General    9. Individual Artist    10. Individual Painters - 19th Century    11. Pre-Raphaelitism    12. Sir,    13. Biography: general    14. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley    15. Individual artists    16. Pre-Raphaelite art   

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beautiful
his book would have to be good-a picture is worth a thousand words ,so howcan it miss with Burne-Jones' awesome pictures in it? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Art, Modern    5. Biography    6. England    7. History - General    8. Individual Artist    9. Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Exhibition Catalogs    10. Painters    11. Pre-Raphaelitism   

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Pre-Raphaelite Splendor
As I only had about 30 minutes to view this exhibit at the Met (I know - it's absurd), I am delighted to have this beautiful catalog to examine in close detail. The reproductions are indeed stunning, and the text, althoughvery detailed, is quite readable. A treasure for art lovers, especiallyfans of the Pre-Raphaelite style.

Here's asumptuous feast of color and fantasy
This is a real eye opener of a book if you are looking for an in depth retrospective of the artist's body of work! Burne-Jones is at last receiving his fair due of recognition as witnessed by the recent Met showin the Summer of 1998. This book showcases his many merits, including aunerring color and design technique applied to fantastical subjects. Whatmakes the book so irresistible is the wealth of color plates accompanied bydetailed explanations. It also helps that the authors were thoughtfulenough to leave out any stuffy, academic narrative that overburdens thisgenre.

What a great Book!!
This edition of the catalogue for the Metropolitain Museum of Art'srecent(and sadly closed) exhibit belongs on every art library's list of" must buys." What a wealth of information and imagery, allpresented in generous counterbalance in splendid color throughout. Buythis!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    4. Essays    5. European    6. Individual Artist    7. Art / Individual Artist    8. Decorative arts & crafts    9. Exhibition catalogues and specific collections    10. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900    11. Individual artists   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. General    4. Biography: general    5. Painting & paintings   

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Superb, so far as it goes
This review is based on the 1995 UK reissue.
An Indispensible book
Quite simply the best book/catalogue of it's type I have ever seen. The presentation of the book is good, as is the reproduction of the paintings. The short biographies of the artists are quite simply the brilliant, and contain more information than much longer articles. If you only have one book about late romantic art have this one. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Art, British    5. Exhibitions    6. Great Britain    7. History - General    8. History - Romantic    9. Romanticism in art    10. Symbolism (Art movement)    11. Romanticism    12. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

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A Wonderful Tapestry For The Eyes!
This was a great book with absolutly gorgeous pictures. I love Victorian paintings and the symbolism that they put in the paintings during that time period.I now collect anything I can find about that painting period. Idefinatly would reccommend this to anyone who loves this time period inart. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Tate Gallery - Exhibition Catalogs    2. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Symbolism (Art movement)    5. Great Britain    6. Criticism    7. European    8. Non-Classifiable    9. Art    10. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    11. 19th century    12. 20th century    13. Arts, British   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. European    4. History - General    5. Individual Artist    6. Art / Individual Artist    7. Europe    8. Individual artists    9. Painting & paintings    10. Pre-Raphaelite art   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Individual Artist    3. Non-Classifiable    4. Stationery / Gift Wrap    5. Art / Fine Arts    6. Stationery items   

Subjects:  1. 1833-1898    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Burne Jones, Edward Coley,    5. Catalogs    6. Drawing    7. Sir,    8. Techniques - Drawing    9. Art / Fine Arts    10. Burne Jones, Edward Coley    11. Drawing & drawings    12. Individual artists    13. Pre-Raphaelite art    14. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Biography: general    3. Individual artists    4. Pre-Raphaelite art   

Subjects:  1. 1833-1898    2. 19th Century Art    3. Art    4. Biography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley,    7. England    8. General    9. Individual Artist    10. Painters    11. Sir,    12. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley    13. Individual artists    14. Painting & paintings   

Subjects:  1. Biography: general    2. Individual artists    3. Pre-Raphaelite art   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Individual Artist   

Subjects:  1. Individual artists    2. Painting & paintings    3. Pre-Raphaelite art   

Subjects:  1. Sir,    2. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley,    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Preraphaelitism    5. Individual Artist    6. England    7. History - General    8. Art    9. 1833-1898    10. 19th Century Art    11. Artists    12. Biography   

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. History - General    3. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley    4. Exhibitions    5. Individual artists    6. Painting & paintings    7. Pre-Raphaelite art    8. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Individual Artist    3. Techniques - Drawing    4. Ceramic arts, pottery, glass    5. Drawing & drawings    6. History of art & art styles    7. Individual artists    8. Pre-Raphaelite art    9. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley    2. Landscape painting    3. Pre-Raphaelitism    4. Ruskin, John    5. Turner, J. M. W    6. Watts, George Frederick