Esther Wood traces the preparation for reform in English art and the founding of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, then follows Dante Gabriel Rossetti through his career as painter and poet. She discusses his great late canvases, among them Pia, Mariana, Pandora, Proserpine and La Ghirlandata, and the later developments of the movement.
A full Victorian study of Rossetti and his circle, illustrated with plates. Download the free EPUB.