Burne-Jones

Booknews

Ninety-six reproductions, mostly in color (many of them for the first time), illustrate this personal view of an artist who shunned the prosaic tendencies of his age to focus on an alternative realm inspired by poetry and legend. Drawing on the artist's own letters and commentary, the author looks at the course of his life, the enduring themes in his work, and his quest for an aesthetic ideal. She traces his career from his discovery of art to his momentous and long-delayed professional debut in 1877. Oversize: 9x11.75<">. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.