VISIONARY AND DREAMER: Two Poetic Painters

Two Poetic Painters: Samuel Palmer and Edward Burne-Jones is a book by David Cecil, exploring the lives and works of Samuel Palmer and Edward Burne-Jones. Cecil analyzes how these two artists drew inspiration from literature, particularly poetry, to create their distinctive styles. The book contrasts Palmer, an "unworldly visionary," with Burne-Jones, a "Pre-Raphaelite daydreamer," highlighting their unique approaches to interpreting poets like Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats through painting.

Cecil delves into the personal experiences and inner worlds of Palmer and Burne-Jones, emphasizing how their individual temperaments and imaginative lives shaped their art and explores the significant role that poetry played in inspiring both artists. Palmer and Burne-Jones looked to literary works for thematic and stylistic guidance, demonstrating the strong connection between painting and literature during that era. Plus there is a section of plates 15-115. Illustrated with plates in black and white and color. Bound in gray cloth with gilt spine tittles Missing a dust jacket. Out of Print. Condition: Fine Minus. Book has soft bumped spine corners. No dustjacket.