{"subjects": ["Criticism and interpretation", "Millais, john everett, sir, 1829-1896", "Pre-Raphaelitism", "Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood"], "key": "/works/OL13664494W", "title": "JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL6520140A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "covers": [10218536], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"John Everett Millais (1829-1896) was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the quintessential English gentleman artist. A Baronet and president of the Royal Academy, Millais produced some of the most famous images of his time. His first Pre-Raphaelite work, The Carpenters Shop, had a dramatic effect on the critics; Charles Dickens famously described his portrayal of the Christ child as a hideous, wry-necked, blubbering, red-haired boy in a night-gown. Author Christine Riding analyzes his artistic career, his critics, and his audience, exploring the broader issues that preoccupied his contemporaries on the subject of art itself.\"--BOOK JACKET."}, "latest_revision": 5, "revision": 5, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-11T10:15:34.686542"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2024-08-13T10:01:48.239825"}}