Pre-raphaelites at the Office

by Carol Mc Kendrick (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2005

  $3.50

  Since its rise to prominence in the mid-nineteenth century, the work of the Pre-Raphaelites has courted both artistic controversy and public popularity. In this new study, art historian and author Carol McKendrick reveals for the first time a parallel output of Pre-Raphaelite painting that was considered too outrageous for the pre-feminist sensibilities of the day, and has thus lain undiscovered for well over a century...From coping with a jammed photocopier to enjoying a lunch hour alfresco, making a presentation to struggling home on overcrowded public transport, over 75 well-known Pre-Raphaelite paintings are transformed, with a few office supply catalogues and a little creativity, into everyday scenes at the office.