The Last romantics : the romantic tradition in British art, Burne-Jones to Stanley Spencer /

Examines the treatment of imaginative figure subjects in British art from the decline of Pre-Raphaelitism to the rise of Neo-Romanticism.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Barbican Art Gallery
Other Authors: Christian, John, Stevens, Mary Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Lund Humphries in association with Barbican Art Gallery, 1989.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / John Hoole
  • Editor's preface / John Christian
  • Introduction / John Christian
  • Towards a definition of symbolism / MaryAnne Stevens
  • Ricketts, Shannon and their circle / J.G.P. Delaney
  • Celtic elements in Scottish art at the turn of the century / Lindsay Errington
  • Sailing to Byzantium? / Benedict Read
  • Public places and private faces : narrative and romanticism in English mural painting 1900-1935 / Alan Powers
  • Slade school symbolists / David Fraser Jenkins
  • Catalogue / John Christian and Benedict Read.