An excellent discussion of the homes the pre-raphaelites lived in - with pictures and paintings. ( )

I really loved this. I felt like in some ways the chapters weren't entirely connected, that important figures in the beginning were disregarded until the end came around, and it finished very abruptly, but otherwise it was a joy to see into the intimate lives of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and its followers. A joy and a disappointment, because none of them were particularly upstanding men except for Morris, and he couldn't manage to stand up for himself against Rosetti during his longlasting affair with Morris' wife . . . basically I wanted to take them all and shake them. But if you've seen any Pre-Raphaelite paintings or other works, I'd go to this first before delving into other histories of them. It's easy to read, the illustrations are wonderful, and it provides such a host of information. I read this for my senior double thesis for History & Art History and I'm so glad it was one of the first I read in my research. ( )