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Pre-Raphaelites at home / Pamela Todd.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001.Description: 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0823042855
  • 9780823042852
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.05 TOD
Contents:
The Pre-Raphaelites at Home--Beginnings -- Millais and the Ruskin Circle--London and Scotland -- The Dream Unfolds--Chatham Place -- New Knights at the Round Table--Oxford and Red Lion Square -- The Oxford Fresco Frolic--Marriage -- Salon Society--Little Holland House -- The Towers of Topsy--Red House -- Tangled Webs--Kensington Square -- A Private Eden--Tudor House -- The Loveliest Haunt of Ancient Peace--Kelmscott Manor -- Belonging to the World--The Grange -- Political Passions and the Ark--Kelmscott House -- A House by the Sea--North End House, Rottingdean -- The Silver Ceilings of Success--Kensington Circles -- The Dream Extinguished--Kelmscott Manor.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 759.05 TOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100414649

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The untold story of a fiery group of artists whose revolutionary ideas and avant-garde lifestyles were at odds with the Victorian art establishment, Lavishly illustrated with color reproductions of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, interiors, and studios.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-190) and index.

The Pre-Raphaelites at Home--Beginnings -- Millais and the Ruskin Circle--London and Scotland -- The Dream Unfolds--Chatham Place -- New Knights at the Round Table--Oxford and Red Lion Square -- The Oxford Fresco Frolic--Marriage -- Salon Society--Little Holland House -- The Towers of Topsy--Red House -- Tangled Webs--Kensington Square -- A Private Eden--Tudor House -- The Loveliest Haunt of Ancient Peace--Kelmscott Manor -- Belonging to the World--The Grange -- Political Passions and the Ark--Kelmscott House -- A House by the Sea--North End House, Rottingdean -- The Silver Ceilings of Success--Kensington Circles -- The Dream Extinguished--Kelmscott Manor.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Chronology (p. 6)
  • Figures in the Pre-Raphaelite Landscape (p. 8)
  • Chapter 1 The Pre-Raphaelites at Home--Beginnings (p. 15)
  • Chapter 2 Millais and the Ruskin Circle--London and Scotland (p. 25)
  • Chapter 3 The Dream Unfolds--Chatham Place (p. 37)
  • Chapter 4 New Knights at the Round Table--Oxford and Red Lion Square (p. 47)
  • Chapter 5 The Oxford Fresco Frolic--Marriage (p. 57)
  • Chapter 6 Salon Society--Little Holland House (p. 65)
  • Chapter 7 The Towers of Topsy--Red House (p. 73)
  • Chapter 8 Tangled Webs--Kensington Square (p. 91)
  • Chapter 9 A Private Eden--Tudor House (p. 107)
  • Chapter 10 The Loveliest Haunt of Ancient Peace--Kelmscott Manor (p. 123)
  • Chapter 11 Belonging to the World--The Grange (p. 139)
  • Chapter 12 Political Passions and the Ark--Kelmscott House (p. 153)
  • Chapter 13 A House by the Sea--North End House, Rottingdean (p. 163)
  • Chapter 14 The Silver Ceilings of Success--Kensington Circles (p. 173)
  • Chapter 15 The Dream Extinguished--Kelmscott Manor (p. 181)
  • Notes (p. 186)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 189)
  • Select Bibliography (p. 190)
  • Index (p. 191)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Pamela Todd has a bachelor's degree in English literature, a master's degree in art history, and is currently completing a PhD thesis on literary and artistic communities

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