Author: Payne, Christiana
Title: John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter
Description: New Haven, Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. A black fabric casebound book with gilt lettering on the spine. There is a glossy color dust jacket with white text on a black spine. Pages: (10), 3-276. Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. "This guide to John Brett (1831-1902) investigates the painter who was seen as the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite landscape school. In addition to exploring the familiar early works, including The Val d'Aosta and Stonebreaker, it provides information on his later, less-known coastal and marine paintings. Brett's turbulent friendship with John Ruskin is discussed, as are his relations with his beloved sister, Rosa, and his partner Mary, with whom he had seven children. His fervent interest in astronomy, his love of the sea, and his lifelong pursuit of wealth and recognition are all examined in this reassessment, which concludes with a catalogue raisonné of his works. VG/VG+: Some wear to the edges of the dust jacket. The book is in excellent shape, with clean pages and tight binding.

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