The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites
Elizabeth Prettejohn

Publication March 2007
224 x 283 mm
Paperback
304 pp
170 colour and 35 black-and-white illustrations
ISBN 13: 978 1 85437 726 5
£19.99

• New revised Paperback edition of an established classic written by a leading authority on Pre-Raphaelite art
• Lavishly illustrated, including many close up details
• Includes new preface and extended bibliography

In 1848 seven inexperienced young artists banded together to form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, one of the first and most distinctive group movements in modern art. A century and a half later, their art still has the power to shock, as well as fascinate its audiences. Through the detailed analysis of the materials, techniques, and working pratices of the artists, this lavishly illustrated book examines how Pre-Raphaelite pictures compel the viewer to see more, and more vividly, than traditional painting styles. This intensity of observation reinforces the distinctive subject matter of the pictures: the natural world and the human model, gender identities and sexual relationships, debates on politics, science and religion.

Elizabeth Prettejohn is widely acknowledged to be a leading authority on the Pre-Raphaelites, and The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites is seen as a classic introduction to the movement. Outstandingly successful as a hardback, it is now published in a new, affordable format by public demand.

Elizabeth Prettejohn is Professor of History of Art at the University of Bristol.. She is the author of Rossetti and his Circle (1997), editor of After the Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Aestheticism in Victorian England (1999), and author of Beauty and Art 1750-2000 (2005).