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The age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones & Watts : symbolism in Britain, 1860-1910 / edited by Andrew Wilton and Robert Upstone ; with contributions by Barbara Bryant [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Paris ; New York : Flammarion, 1997.Description: 304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 2080136437
  • 9782080136435
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones & Watts.DDC classification:
  • 700/.941/09034 21
LOC classification:
  • NX543 .A47 1997
Other classification:
  • 20.70
Contents:
Symbolism in Britain / Andrew Wilton -- Themes of Love and Death in Aesthetic Painting of the 1860s / Christopher Newall -- Symbolism -- A French Monopoly? / MaryAnne Stevens -- G.F. Watts and the Symbolist Vision / Barbara Bryant -- Symbolism in Three Dimensions / Robert Upstone -- Catalogue. Lilith and her Daughters. The Suppression of Meaning. Private Thoughts I. Reinventing Mythologies. The Symbolist Landscape. Music and Poetry. Private Thoughts II. The Climax. Epilogue: A New Century.
Summary: These key British artists predate their Continental colleagues in dealing with the characteristic themes of Symbolism. Wilton shows their close links with European centres such as Brussels and Paris, and provides a catalogue of their important works.
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Books Books Stickley Museum Library (Non-Circulating) Main Reading Room NX543 .A47 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SMCF19090431

Catalog accompanying an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London, Oct. 16, 1997-Jan. 4, 1998, the Haus der Kunst, Munich, Jan. 30-Apr. 26, 1998, and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, May 15-Aug. 30, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-299) and index.

Symbolism in Britain / Andrew Wilton -- Themes of Love and Death in Aesthetic Painting of the 1860s / Christopher Newall -- Symbolism -- A French Monopoly? / MaryAnne Stevens -- G.F. Watts and the Symbolist Vision / Barbara Bryant -- Symbolism in Three Dimensions / Robert Upstone -- Catalogue. Lilith and her Daughters. The Suppression of Meaning. Private Thoughts I. Reinventing Mythologies. The Symbolist Landscape. Music and Poetry. Private Thoughts II. The Climax. Epilogue: A New Century.

These key British artists predate their Continental colleagues in dealing with the characteristic themes of Symbolism. Wilton shows their close links with European centres such as Brussels and Paris, and provides a catalogue of their important works.

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