Research Catalog

Title

Edward Burne-Jones' mythical paintings : the Pygmalion of the Pre-Raphaelite painters / Liana De Girolami Cheney ; foreword by Alicia Faxon.

Author

Cheney, Liana

Publication

New York : Peter Lang, [2014]

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Details

Additional Authors

Faxon, Alicia Craig

Description

xxxvii, 271 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This book focuses on Sir Edward Burne-Jones' mythical paintings from 1868 to 1886. His artistic training and traveling experiences, his love for the Greek-sculptress, Maria Zambaco, and his aesthetic sensibility provided the background for these mythical paintings. This book analyzes two main concepts: Burne-Jones' assimilation of Neoplatonic ideal beauty as depicted in his solo and narrative paintings, and Burne-Jones' fusion of the classical and emblematic traditions in his imagery.

Subject

• Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898 > Criticism and interpretation
• Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898
• Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898
• Burne-Jones, Edward Coley 1833-1898
• Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898 > Criticism and interpretation
• Art and mythology
• Pre-Raphaelitism > England
• Art et mythologie
• Préraphaélisme > Angleterre
• Pre-Raphaelitism
• Historienmalerei
• Mythologie
• Mythos
• Pre-Raphaelitism > Great Britain
• England

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / by Alicia Faxon -- Part I. Chapter One: Paragone: Edward Burne-Jones and Italian Renaissance artists -- Chapter Two: Edward Burne-Jones' interpretation of Botticelli's female imagery: paragone and rinascita -- Chapter Three: Edward Burne-Jones' Love Among the Ruins and Francesco Colonna's Dream of Poliphilo: a paragone of love. -- Part II. Mythical cycles: sagas of love, enchantment, and strife. Chapter Four: Sagas of love, enchantment, and strife -- Chapter Five: Edward Burne-Jones' Pygmalion and Galatea: a transformation of love -- Chapter Six: Edward Burne-Jones' Cupid and Psyche: an ardent tale -- Chapter Seven: Edward Burne-Jones' Romaunt of the Rose: a quest for love -- Chapter Eight: Edward Burne-Jones' Andromeda and Perseus: an Ovidian tale -- Chapter Nine: Edward Burne-Jones' The Story of Troy: a saga of love and strife. -- Part III. Narrative paintings: love, music, and the femme fatale. Chapter Ten: Edward Burne-Jones' Love Songs: art, music, and magic -- Chapter Eleven: The fair lady and the virgin in Pre-Raphaelite art: the evolution of a societal myth -- Chapter Twelve: Edward Burne-Jones' The Sirens: magical whispers.

ISBN

• 9781433118760
• 1433118769

LCCN

2013039941

OCLC

• ocn861120123
• 861120123
• SCSB-1769028

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library