Burne-Jones: The Life and Works of Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) by Christopher Wood
4to. pp. 160. profusely illustrated. bibliography. index. hardcover. dw. (fine, as new condition). New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998.
ISBN-10: 155670819X / ISBN-13: 9781556708190
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Burne-Jones was one of the most important artist of the second phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and one of the greatest of all English romantic painters. Through his lifelong association with William Morris he was also a prolific designer of stained glass, tapestries, tiles, mosaics, books and furniture. In this authoritative new book, in which five of Burne-Jones's series of pictures and tapestries are reproduced in full for the first time (other than in catalogs), the true glory of the artist's vision and range are made accessible. His personal charm, conveyed whimsically in the caricatures with which he illustrated his voluminous correspondence, together with his relationships with his family and also with his beautiful mistress, Maria Zambaco, are revealed, and his position in the context not only of the Pre-Raphaelites, but also of the wider European stage and the symbolist movement, is thoroughly analyzed.