{"product_id":"the-life-and-letters-of-sir-john-everett-millais-president-of-the-royal-academy-paperback-9781108051729","title":"The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais; President of the Royal Academy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108051729","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePresident of the Royal Academy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA highly illustrated and acclaimed two-volume biography, first published in 1899, chronicling the co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Guille Millais (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108051729, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 September 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e474 pages, 199 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA prodigiously talented artist, Sir John Everett Millais (1829–96) co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with Rossetti and others, helping to revolutionise the Victorian art world. The minute realism of paintings like Christ in the House of his Parents, and his high-profile marriage to Ruskin's ex-wife Effie, were gradually accepted, and the iconic Ophelia was widely admired. Success as an illustrator also put him in the public eye, with the engravings market bringing him new wealth. With popularity came a return to more traditional forms in portraiture and landscape, inspired by Reynolds, Velázquez and the Old Masters, although he also played off Whistler and the aesthetic movement. He became president of the Royal Academy in the last year of his life. His son, John Guille Millais (1865–1931), published this highly illustrated and acclaimed two-volume biography in 1899. Volume 1 provides an account of Millais' most influential years up to 1867.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The birth of Millais\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pre-Raphaelitism: its meaning and its history\u003cbr\u003e 3. Lorenzo and Isabella\u003cbr\u003e 4. Millais commences Ophelia\u003cbr\u003e 5. The volunteer movement\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1853–5\u003cbr\u003e 7. Leech, Thackeray, Wilkie Collins, and Anthony Trollope\u003cbr\u003e 8. Millais' marriage\u003cbr\u003e 9. The struggle of 1859\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1861–7\u003cbr\u003e 11. Holman Hunt\u003cbr\u003e 12. 1865–80.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The arts: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The arts: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20arts:%20general%20issues%20%5BAB%5D%22\"\u003eAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266097631512,"sku":"9781108051729","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108051729i_3bd1e55e-2419-4029-ae35-196370cb3867.jpg?v=1696747071","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-and-letters-of-sir-john-everett-millais-president-of-the-royal-academy-paperback-9781108051729","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}