Burne-Jones, Edward

Edward Burne-Jones, Victorian Artist-Dreamer

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Pre-Raphaelite Splendor
Here's a sumptuous feast of color and fantasy
What a great Book!!
A magnificent book for a magnificent exhibition

Edward Burne-Jones, Victorian Artist-Dreamer
Stephen Wildman
Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Binding: Hardcover

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Pre-Raphaelite Splendor.......2000-07-18

As I only had about 30 minutes to view this exhibit at the Met (I know - it's absurd), I am delighted to have this beautiful catalog to examine in close detail. The reproductions are indeed stunning, and the text, although very detailed, is quite readable. A treasure for art lovers, especially fans of the Pre-Raphaelite style.

Here's a sumptuous feast of color and fantasy.......1998-11-26

This is a real eye opener of a book if you are looking for an in depth retrospective of the artist's body of work! Burne-Jones is at last receiving his fair due of recognition as witnessed by the recent Met show in the Summer of 1998. This book showcases his many merits, including a unerring color and design technique applied to fantastical subjects. What makes the book so irresistible is the wealth of color plates accompanied by detailed explanations. It also helps that the authors were thoughtful enough to leave out any stuffy, academic narrative that overburdens this genre.

What a great Book!!.......1998-09-23

This edition of the catalogue for the Metropolitain Museum of Art's recent(and sadly closed) exhibit belongs on every art library's list of " must buys." What a wealth of information and imagery, all presented in generous counterbalance in splendid color throughout. Buy this!!

A magnificent book for a magnificent exhibition.......1998-08-04

To visit the Burne-Jones exhibition at New York's Metropolitain Museum of Art is a thrill beyond describing. It is like being surrounded by old friends of the sort usually found in dreams.The stunning, fully illustrated catalogue that accompanies the show is perhaps the best catalogue I have seen, most notably for its impeccable and stimulating essays, and for its phenominal wealth of color reproductions. This book is a stunner, despite two or three flipped pictures( which I guess could happen to anyone in the rush to get such an involved publication ready in time!) I would advise all bookshops, libraries and Burne-Jones lovers to order this book now for its September release. It is sure to be the most valuable book on its subject for many years to come.

Art and Forbidden Fruit: Hidden Passion in the Life of William Morris

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Art and Forbidden Fruit: Hidden Passion in the Life of William Morris
John Y Le Bourgeois
Manufacturer: Lutterworth Press
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ASIN: 0718830598

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William Morris is one of the most admired figures of the Victorian era. Studies of his Art and his life fill the shelves of libraries. Yet, for all this accessibility, an air of uncertainty has always clouded his image. Since Morris's death, biographers and scholars have portrayed the artist as a victim, bound to an adulterous wife. In Art and Forbidden Fruit, John Le Bourgeois lifts the veil of appearances, and shows the truth about Morris's life. In a close analysis of Morris's poetry and biography, the Author asserts the early existence of an emotional attachment between William Morris and his sister Emma, and how she became the principal source of his inspiration. Le Bourgeois follows the paths of Morris the artist and Morris the man, and points out the links between the poet's love for his sister and his evolution as an artist.

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Medieval Eyes

Sir Edward Burne Jones
Russell Ash
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ASIN: 0810931265

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Medieval Eyes.......2001-06-29

In death, SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES became the first artist to have funeral services at Westminster Abbey. In life, he put his Oxford University studies in medieval legend and literature to work in Graham piano decorations, King Arthur theatre sets for the Lyceum, and Theatre of London book illustrations. His first decorative work was a Chaucerean design, and his collaboration with William Morris on the Kelmscott Press Illustrated Chaucer was impressive. "Astrologia" shared his favorite sphere motif with "Days of Creation," "Hope," and such portraits as the "Baronne Deslandes." "Golden Stairs" included his recipe for painting success: musical instruments. "Laus Veneris" had the finest of his tapestry-like surface patterns. "Pan and Psyche" was set in one of his typical landscapes: mysteriously dreamlike, with legendary incidents. "Star of Bethlehem" was a watercolor of his "Adoration of the Magi" tapestry: his original stained glass and tapestry designs tended to show up later in paintings. "Temperantia" pioneered his hallmark elaborately folded and wrinkled draperies. But his art also found lighter moments in caricatures and comic sketches, such as his illustrated "Letters to Kate," daughter of lawyer friend George Lewis. Russell Ash's beautifully illustrated, well-written book makes good 19th-century reading with Timothy Hilton's THE PRE-RAPHAELITES, Lionel Lambourne's VICTORIAN PAINTING, Julian Treuherz's VICTORIAN PAINTING, and Malcolm Warner's THE VICTORIANS.

Six Mermaids in Art Cards (Small-Format Card Books)

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My Niece LOVED THEM
Beautiul Mermaids

Six Mermaids in Art Cards (Small-Format Card Books)
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Brilliantly colored cards celebrate the endless enchantment of mermaids, with vibrant reproductions of works by celebrated artists. Includes: The Depths of the Sea, Burne-Jones; Ulysses and the Sirens, Draper; A Mermaid, Waterhouse; The Mermaid, Pyle; The Land Baby, Collier; The Fisherman and the Siren, Leighton.

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My Niece LOVED THEM.......2006-11-10

They were really great my niece has loved mermaids all her life she swims like a fish she is now preparing to attend the Coast Guard Officer Training School and these mermaids she can take with her I got these for her birthday.

Beautiul Mermaids.......2005-08-16

I love mermaids and this little book contains small 3x5 inch cards with J.W. Waterhouse paintings of memaids. All are lovely images. They can be used as note cards or put into tiny frames or on the fridge to remind one of these lovely creatures.

May and Amy: A True Story of Family, Forbidden Love, and the Secret Lives of May Gaskell, Her Daughter Amy, and Sir Edward Burne-Jones

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May and Amy: A True Story of Family, Forbidden Love, and the Secret Lives of May Gaskell, Her Daughter Amy, and Sir Edward Burne-Jones
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Release Date: 2006-03-28

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Always intrigued by Edward Burne-Jones’s portrait of her great-aunt, Amy Gaskell, Josceline Dimbleby’s chance meeting with the painting’s current owner encouraged her to explore the mystery of her own family’s past and the life and death of her beautiful great-aunt.

In her search, Dimbleby uncovered a passionate correspondence between Burne-Jones and her great-grandmother, May Gaskell, Amy’s mother, which continued throughout the last six years of the Pre-Raphaelite painter’s life.

As she delved deeper into their engrossing lives, questions emerged. What was the deep secret May had confided to Edward? And what was the tragic truth behind Amy’s wayward, wandering life, her strange marriage, and her unexplained early death?

Weaving together the threads of this tale, Dimbleby takes us through a turbulent period in English history and visits the most far-flung corners of the Empire. William Morris, Rudyard Kipling, William Gladstone, and prominent members of the Souls also play a part in this sweeping, often funny, and sometimes tragic story. Richly detailed and exquisitely told, May and Amy is a stunning account of hidden love and family secrets.

Ornamentation and Illustrations from the Kelmscott Chaucer (Dover Pictorial Archives)

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Phenomenal

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100 pages of beautiful tailpieces, decorative letters, elaborate floral borders and frames, samples of body type, and other illustrations contain all 87 Burne-Jones woodcuts and every Morris border and decoration. Introduction by Fridolf Johnson. A magnificent capsulation of fine printing beauty for browsing or for use by commercial artists.

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Phenomenal.......2005-05-25

This is a really phenomenal work, with page after page of great Burne-Jones illustrations, all in his signature style. If you like his paintings you'll love these illustrations. IMO they stand as some of his best compositions - nearly every one of them could have been turned into a painting on par with his best work.

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