The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy by Colin Harrison and Christopher Newall, harback published by The Ashmolean. ISBN 978-1-84822-075-1, price 40.00 available from www.ashgatepublishing.com
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Ashmolean, this book looks at the Pre-Raphaelites and Italian art. Obviously a key figure is Raphael, but the book looks at Italian art before and after this [...]
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The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy by Colin Harrison and Christopher Newall
The Pre-Raphaelite Lens by Diane Waggoner et al
The Pre-Raphaelite Lens by Diane Waggoner et al, hardback published by Lund Humphries. ISBN 978-1-84822-067-6, price 40.00 available from www.ashgatepublishing.com
With the current interest in the Pre-Raphaelites running high, this is a timely work. This unique book is the first to take an in-depth look at the Pre-Raphaelites and their connection with photography. It features the [...]
Sculpture and the Garden, Patrick Eyres, ed
Sculpture and the Garden, Patrick Eyres (ed) & Fiona Russell, hardback published by Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-3030-2, price 60.00 from www.ashgate.com
Enjoyable scholarly essays, mainly from University lecturers on the changing relationship between sculpture and gardens over the last three centuries. It concentrates on four types of garden from british gardening history – the Georgian landscape, Victorian [...]
Landscape and Vision in 19th c Britain and France by Michael Charlesworth
Landscape and Vision in Nineteenth Century Britain and France by Michael Charlesworth, hardback published by Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-5664-7, price 55.00 from www.ashgate.com
This scholarly treatment of landscape encompasses the wider field of interpretation, drawing on poetry, paintings, novels and more to deliver a unique perception of its subject. I was intrigued to find the mention of [...]