Christopher Newall Livres

The Victorian era gave rise to some of the most beautiful and extraordinary watercolours ever painted. With their meticulous technique and discreet purpose, they convey much about the romantic and moral temperament of the age. This volume is the first general introduction to what was a particularly popular medium in the Victorian era and was, in fact, the preferred form of expression for many artists. Through his discussion of subject matter and stylistic development, Christopher Newall provides a fascinating insight into the artistic sensibility of the period. Featuring full-colour masterworks by such major figures as Ruskin, Burne-Jones and Rossetti, along with many lesser-known but respected talents and analyses of both the individual works and the way in which they contributed to the stylistic development of the medium during the period, this is a valuable addition to the scholarship on Victorian art.

The first retrospective exhibition of Hunt's work in over 100 years at Ashmolean Museum, January - April 2005. Includes an inventory of his studio with 225 sketchbooks that had been owned by his daughters. Enhances understanding of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted some of the 19th century's most spectacular portraits, particularly of three very different women who were his muses: Lizzy Siddal, Fanny Cornforth and the statuesque Jane Morris. This richly illustrated book uses his paintings and drawings of these and others to explore the intertwinings of Rossetti's life and art.