Descrizione

2 lingua: inglese Opera in 2 volumi, legat. edit. in tela con sovrac. illustrata, cm 28x22 - Vol I, The Text: pag. 595 con 11.000 voci - Vol II, Historical Survey & Plates: Pag. 475, con 47 tavole a colori a piena pagina e 750 tavole in b.n. - Vol I, The Text: 595pp with 11.000 entries; Vol II Historical Survey & Plates: 475pp 47 full page col plts 750 b.w. plts - This fascinating Survey ranges over the early years of Victoria's reign and the vogue for literary genre, social realist and fairy paintings; analyses the brief life of the Pre Raphaelite brotherhood in the 1850s and its enormous and far reaching influence for virtually the rest of the century; discusses the various artistic movements aesthetic, classical, romantic and the 'giants' who created and contributed to them; and discusses the depiction of social ills and idealised life of the cottager during a period of rapid change and readjustment.