VICTORIAN RADICALS

Although the word Victorian connotes a kind of dry propriety, the artists working in the Victorian era were anything but. Starting with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and lasting through the dawn of the 20th century, the eras painters, writers, and designers ch allenged every prevailing belief about art and its purpose. The full spectrum of the Victorian avantgarde is in magnificent display in this book that features nearly 150 works drawn from the Birmingham Museums unparalleled collection.