William Gaunt (1) (1900–1980)
Autor de The Pre-Raphaelite Dream
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Obras de William Gaunt
La aventura estética. Wilde, Swinburne y Whistler: tres vidas de escándalo (Noema) (Spanish Edition) (1945) 119 copias
Flemish Cities : Their History and Art, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels by William Gaunt (1969) 18 copias
SELECTED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM MORRIS 2 copias
Kensington 2 copias
Twentieth Century, The 1 copia
British School, The 1 copia
Richard Eurich 1 copia
Hogarth (Faber Gallery) 1 copia
George Stubbs 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Las Vidas : de los más excelentes arquitectos, pintores y escultores italianos desde Cimabue a nuestros tiempos (1550) — Editor, algunas ediciones — 729 copias
Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Everyman's Library Classics) (v. 3) (1927) — Editor, algunas ediciones — 10 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1900-07-05
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1980
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Educación
- Oxford University (Worcester College)
Ruskin School of Drawing - Ocupaciones
- art historian
artist - Organizaciones
- British Army (WWI)
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 52
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 1,212
- Popularidad
- #21,186
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 91
- Idiomas
- 5
The first short chapter therefore introduces Millais, Holman Hunt, Rossetti and very briefly other members of the PRB and Ford Madox Brown.
Gaunt then chats on, discussing Millais’ meeting with Ruskin (with Ruskin’s wife subsequently divorcing Ruskin and marrying Millais), Rossetti’s meeting with Lizzie Siddal, Woolner’s emigration to Australia, Hunt’s travels to the Holy Land to paint The Scapegoat.
Then comes Rossetti’s meeting with Burne Jones and Morris, with a reinvigoration of the PRB ideals, however vague and dreamlike these are.
All told in an informal, colloquial fashion, assuming familiarity with the paintings made by the various artists.
Although a work of its time, which I initially felt would deter me from reading the whole book, it is charming, anecdotal and covers the whole of the artists later lives. For example there are fascinating details of Holman Hunt speaking to Charles Dickens about the financial aspects of negotiating the expected revenue from The Finding of Christ in the Temple , where Dickens did not look at the painting! (Page 101).
I found amusing the references to the bestselling author Hall Caine, who befriended Rossetti at the end of his life and rushed out his Recollections of Rossetti. Since this was written in 1942 Hall Caine has been mostly forgotten, but Rossetti and the PRB are still relatively well known.
This is not an introduction to the Pre-Raphaelites, as it assumes a knowledge of the artists’ works, but for those familiar with the paintings, it is a wonderful short overview of the movement as a whole.… (más)