1. Methods and materials of the Pre-Raphaelite circle in the 1850s.
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Sheldon, Libby
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MATERIALS handling , *PRODUCTIVE life span , *DOCUMENTARY evidence , *CIRCLE - Abstract
This paper combines the results of technical analysis on four paintings by English Pre-Raphaelite painters, executed between 1852 and 1857, with documentary evidence concerning the working lives and methods of the artists. It examines their manner of handling materials, which was designed both to imitate past painters and to be innovative. Looking at Millais and his followers in particular, this account focuses on their distinctive use of grounds and pigments, discusses the interpretation of technical data, and explores the circumstances which inspired these techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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