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Millais: a Sketch (Paperback, New Ed)
John Everett Millai, Marion Harry Spielmann; Edited by Jason Rosenfeld
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Reprinted for the first time since 1889, this is the first
biography and considered appraisal of one of England's most
prodigiously talented painters. Sir John Everett Millais, P. R. A.
(1829-1896) was the most precociously talented artist England has
ever produced. His astonishing facility gained him entry as the
Royal Academy's youngest ever pupil. At just 19 he founded with six
other painters the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which revolutionized
the English art world with a visionary intensity of both subject
matter and style. Millais was its most creative member; as Jason
Rosenfeld says in the introduction to this volume, "the sheer
quality and distinctness of each of Millais's paintings of the
1850s is unmatched by any Western artist of the period." Yet there
is much more to Millais' career than Pre-Raphaelitism. Some of the
most emotive narrative paintings of the Victorian era, its greatest
portraits, and especially some of its most beautiful, if neglected,
landscapes, came from his brush--as did some of its most
notoriously successful paintings, like "Bubbles," the "fancy
picture" that was made into an advertisement for Pears' Soap. This
volume includes not only Millais's only published work of art
criticism, the pithy "Thoughts on Our Art of Today," but also the
first extended biography and appraisal of his work by the important
critic M. H. Spielmann. This hugely engaging "Sketch "gives both a
warm and personal picture of the man and a level-headed evaluation
of the qualities--and defects--of his work as they appeared to
contemporaries. Neither essay has been in print for more than a
century.
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The Modern Poster (Hardcover)
Arsene Alexandre; Created by Marion Harry Spielmann, Henry Cuyler Bunner
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
With Special Reference To The History Of Their Acquisition.
With A Special Chapter, Thoughts On Our Art Of Today.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
With A Special Chapter, Thoughts On Our Art Of Today.
With Special Reference To The History Of Their Acquisition.
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