The radical vision of Edward Burne-Jones / Andrea Wolk Rager.
Published / Created:
London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2022.New Haven : Yale University Press
Physical Description:
xi, 332 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-319) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: "I mean by a picture": rediscovering Edward Burne-Jones -- "An ideal of the world": reviving the labors of Adam and Eve -- "The apotheosis of poverty": 'King Cophetua and the beggar maid' -- Myth and mimesis: The 'Perseus' series as modern 'Paragone' -- "Art and the beauty of the earth": Burne-Jones's Roman mosaics -- "Making God manifest": the nativity as embodiment and the adoration as witness -- "It was not a fault, it was a force": the wheel of fortune.
Subject Terms:
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Form/Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contributors:
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898. Work. Selections.