"THE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND ITALY"(MAURIZIO ISABELLA):Featuring artwork by John Ruskin and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Holman Hunt and Edward Burne-Jones, the exhibition brings together over 140 remarkable paintings, some of which will be displayed in Britain for the first time. In re-examining their early years, from the influence of the movement’s champion, John Ruskin – one of Italy’s most dedicated tourists – to the artists’ illustrations of early Italian art and literature, the exhibition explores the idea of Italy itself.

"THE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND ITALY"(MAURIZIO ISABELLA)This important book accompanies the major exhibitionof the same name, opening at the Ashmolean Museum on16 September 2o10 - the first to explore the fascination ofthe Pre-Raphaelite painters with Italy: its landscape, artand culture.

"THE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND ITALY":Covering the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in thebroadest sense, from its foundation in 1848 to the secondgeneration (including Burne-Jones and Crane), it alsoincludes the works of a group of English artists known asthe Etruscans, who were followers of the Italian painterGiovanni Costa.

Ruskin, whose awareness of Italy was both imaginativeand visceral, and who made numerous trips to Italythroughout his life, emerges as a key influence on therelationship of the Pre-Raphaelite painters to Italianculture. Ruskin's own drawings provide a personal recordof his engagement with the places he visited.

This volume does not simply function as a guide to theexhibition, but can be read on its own as a title whichexplores the relationship of the Pre-Raphaelite brothers toItaly and to each other in a fresh and original way. It looksat what being in the Brotherhood meant to its members,and what the public understood by it.

Featuring a significant number of works from privatecollections not previously reproduced, The Pre-Raphaelitesand Italy is essential reading for all students of 19th-centuryart and culture.

Preface

Introduction：The Pre—Raphaelites and Italy

The Pre—Raphaelites and Italian Art before and

after Raphael

Colin Harrison

The Pre—Raphaelites and Italian Literature

Martin McLaughlin

Interlocking Patriotisms：Italy and England in the

Long Nineteenth Century

Maurizio Isabella

Catalogue

I Themes from Italian Literature and History

II Ruskin andItaly

III Ruskin's Disciples in Italy

IV Other Pre—Raphaelite Travellers in Italy

V Giovanni Costa and The Etruscans--Painters of the Italian Landscape

VI Aestheticism--The Inspiration of the Renaissance

VII Burne-Jones Designs for the American Church in Rome

Bibliography

Index of works