Andrew Wilton; Barbara Bryant; Robert Upstone - The Age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones, and Watts: Symbolism in Britain, 1860-1910

Paris ; New York, Flammarion-Pere Castor, 1999. Hardcover. Cloth with color illustrated pictorial dustjacket. 04 pp. profusely illustrated in color and bw. Catalog accompanying an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London, Oct. 16, 1997-Jan. 4, 1998, the Haus der Kunst, Munich, Jan. 30-Apr. 26, 1998, and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, May 15-Aug. 30, 1998./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-299) and index. Contents as follows: Symbolism in Britain / Andrew Wilton -- Themes of Love and Death in Aesthetic Painting of the 1860s / Christopher Newall -- Symbolism -- A French Monopoly? / MaryAnne Stevens -- G.F. Watts and the Symbolist Vision / Barbara Bryant -- Symbolism in Three Dimensions / Robert Upstone -- Catalogue. Lilith and her Daughters. The Suppression of Meaning. Private Thoughts I. Reinventing Mythologies. The Symbolist Landscape. Music and Poetry. Private Thoughts II. The Climax. Epilogue: A New Century. These key British artists predate their Continental colleagues in dealing with the characteristic themes of Symbolism. Wilton shows their close links with European centres such as Brussels and Paris, and provides a catalogue of their important works. New, may have tiny remainder marks on bottom of text block .

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