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Truth and Beauty
Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters | Melissa E. Buron
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This dazzling book examines the inspiration behind the work of the Pre-Raphaelites and offers comparisons between the radical 19th-century artists and the masterworks they revered. Started in the early 19th century by a group of British painters who rejected the sovereignty of the Royal Academy, the Pre-Raphaelites embraced the natural world and bright colors--as opposed to the dark palettes and amorphous lines that emerged in the wake of the Renaissance. Their mission was to be fundamentally modern by emulating the past. Now readers can appreciate their achievements in this volume that offers side-by-side comparisons of 19th-century masterpieces with the 15th- and 16th-century Early Italian and Early Netherlandish paintings that inspired them. Exquisite reproductions of works by Giotto, Fra Angelico, van Eyck, Botticelli, Titian, Veronese, and Raphael are presented alongside examples by William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and others. The book traces the evolution of the Pre-Raphaelites, and details how these painters were exposed to the early masters as they traveled and encountered the finest European collections. The volume also features decorative arts, including stained glass and tapestries in emulation of Flemish and French textiles as well as "medievalized" ecclesiastic decorations. The result is an illuminating examination that delves into the Pre-Raphaelites' aesthetic vocabulary and broadens our understanding of their motives and inspiration. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Wan.der.love
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Didn‘t expect to buy a book at an art exhibit - but when you fall for cover art, you fall for cover art.

Also, the inside of this book is stunning. History in words and paintings of the artist movement to Romanticism in the late 1800s.

Also! hair goals.

#covermademedoit #coffeetablegoals

Palimpsest I remember discussing this painting of Lady Lilith‘s symbolism in an English class in college. I love the pre-Raphaelites! Gorgeous. 6y
Wan.der.love @Palimpsest I just recently learned about this 1800s movement - love the art but didn‘t realize the impact. So cool you studied it, the art is beautiful. 6y
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