BOOK: Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Painter & Poet

• The British son of an exiled Italian , Rossetti is credited with forming the Pre-Raphaelite movement, who specialised in painting images from medieval life as well as religious or literary symbols. The resulting effect was very stylised, with great intricate and decorative detail. Rosetti was great friends with William Morris and John Ruskin, both involved in the British Arts and Crafts Movement of the 19th Century.

The writer, Jan Marsh, has written a number of well received biographies
Hardback, 592 pages