Terri Hardin Knihy

Looks at the rise and evolution of forts and castles throughout history.

Read about history of theatre building from the Globe Theater to the Bastille Opera in Paris. Includes full-color illustrations.

The Pre-Raphaelites, a brotherhood of English painters and poets founded in 1848 to protest the low standards of British art, included as its principals Dante Gabriel Rossetti, W. Holmen Hunt, and John Millais. These artists, and those who followed their lead, sought to portray the beauty and simplicity of the world through symbols and images, beautifully captured in this volume in 100 vivid full-color illustrations.

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed in 1848--a year of numerous uprisings in Europe--in order to reintroduce the high principles and "innocence" of Renaissance art as practiced prior to the master Raphael. The three most important members of this at first tightly knit group were Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and William Holman Hunt. Other artists took up the Pre-Raphaelite cause prominent among these were Edward Burne-Jones, and William Morris, whose singularly recognizable style would greatly influence future aesthetic design. Illustrated with 100 full-color reproductions, this volume reveals how this influential group succeeded in shaking off the gloom of the Victorian age to greet a new day with uncommonly fresh eyes.