Reviews

Reading the Pre-Raphaelites by Tim Barringer

s4llym4nder's review

4.0

(4.5) SUPER helpful in understanding the nuances and jargon surrounding the Pre-Raphaelite period leading into the Aestheticism and Arts and Crafts movement! Read it this week on the beach — very enjoyable.

wsking's review against another edition

4.0

This gives helpful background about the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood - their initial goals and their progression from a tight knit social circle of like minds to their evento individual trajectories as artists. It helpfully includes lots of color illustrations as well as suggestions for further reading.

mp490's review against another edition

5.0

This is a fantastic, very readable introduction to the Pre-Raphaelites. It covers their main themes of medievalism, devotion to nature, appreciation of labour, and religion. In the final chapter it also examines the way the short-lived movement influenced the following few decades. There is not much biographical information in the book (for me it was a definite plus), but I would say it is still perfectly understandable for someone who is not familiar with the movement.