A visual celebration of pre-Raphaelite art takes a deep, inspired look at this revolutionary Victorian-era movement in the art world and its proponents, including William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, Edward Burne-Jones, and Ford Madox Brown. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: The pre-Raphaelite brotherhood was founded in 1848 when a group of young artists joined together in an attempt to revitalise contemporary art. Their work provoked censure from critics and shocked reactions from the public, yet from the pre-Raphaelite circle emerged some of the greatest artists of the 19th century - Rossetti, Millais, Holman Hunt and the decorative artist William Morris...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Discusses the complex and binding relationships between the Pre-Raphaelite artists and the women they painted, women who embodied the visions of these artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Looks at the women who influenced the Pre-Raphaelite movement in Britain, including fellow artists, models, wives, and lovers, and explains how the paintings helped shape the role of women in Victorian society