Pre-Raphaelitism and Medievalism in the Arts
Author | : Liana Cheney |
Publisher | : Edwin Mellen Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : 077349491X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780773494916 |
Rating | : 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The common thread that joins the essays in this volume is drawn from the rich tapestry of pre-Raphaelite art and literature and its medieval legacy. This edition presents an interdisciplinary view of the interpretation of pre-Raphaelite art and literature. The current intensifying interest in the relationship between the visual arts and narrative and their critical interpretation justifies a look at the earliest use of such orientation in the works of the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and its followers. Particularly in the work of Rossetti, Hunt, Millais, and Burne-Jones one can see at work the pre-Raphaelist invention of a personal symbolic language.