Edward Burne-Jones, Victorian artist-dreamer
By: Stephen Wildman and John Christian ; with essays by Alan Crawford and Laurence des Cars.
Contributors: Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898.; Christian, John, 1942-; Crawford, Alan, 1943-; Des Cars, Laurence.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.; Musée d'Orsay.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Distributed by Harry N. Abrams
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
Subjects: Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898 -- Exhibitions; Pre-Raphaelitism -- England -- Exhibitions
Description: A pupil of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and a protege of John Ruskin, Burne-Jones belonged to the second generation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, creating a narrative style of romantic symbolism steeped in medieval legend and fused with the influence of Italian Renaissance masters that was to have widespread influence on both British and European art.

Within the sophisticated culture of the late Victorian period, Burne-Jones's star rose rapidly, and by the 1880s he had become the establishment artist par excellence, one of the most admired and sought-after painters in Europe.

Burne-Jones, in addition to being a successful and innovative painter, was also an important force in the Arts and Crafts movement, working closely with his lifelong friend William Morris in the production of such decorative arts as ceramic tiles, stained glass, large-scale tapestries, and illustrated books to be printed at Morris's renowned Kelmscott Press.

Examples of works in all these media are presented in the exhibition, with full-color and black-and-white reproductions of each of the 173 works included in the catalogue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-350) and index.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 4-Sept. 6, 1998, the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England, Oct. 17, 1998-Jan. 17, 1999, and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Mar. 1-June 6, 1999.