Can a first edition of a rare book be less significant than a later edition? Of course it can. What follows is a good example of such an “anomaly.” Bibliophiles of illustrated books often argue that the art contained in illustrated books is not being viewed as comparable in appeal to wall art. They call […]
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by Admin on November 27, 2012
He was an English textile designer, an artist, and a writer. He was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood or Pre-Raphaelites as commonly referred to, which was considered to be the first avant-garde movement in art. Realism was the culture of the movement he was more active in, stressing the independent observation of nature. During his […]
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