Harrison, Colin; Christopher Newall; et. al — The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2010. Hardbound. Tan boards w/ color illustrated DJ, [6] 217pp, hundreds of color and BW Plates and figures. From the publisher--This important book, published to accompany a major exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, is the first to explore the fascination of the Pre-Raphaelite painters with Italy: its landscape, art and culture. Covering the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in the broadest sense, from its foundation in 1848 to the second generation (including Burne-Jones and Crane), it also includes the works of a group of English artists known as the Etruscans, who were followers of the Italian painter Giovanni Costa. Preface, Christopher Brown; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy, Colin Harrison; The Pre-Raphaelites and Italian Art before and after Raphael, Colin Harrison; The Pre-Raphaelites and Italian Literature, Martin McLaughlin; Interlocking Patriotisms: Italy and England in the Long Nineteenth Century, Maurizio Isabella; Catalogue: 1 The Inspiration of Italian Literature and History; 2 Ruskin and Italy; 3 Ruskin's Followers in Italy; 4 Other Pre-Raphaelite Travellers in Italy; 5 Giovanni Costa and The Etruscans: Painters of the Italian Landscape; 6 Aestheticism: The Inspiration of the Renaissance; 7 Burne-Jones and the American Church in Rome; Bibliography; Index. VG, DJ shows light edge wear .