While Manet and Monet were creating impressionism in France, across the channel, Millais (1829-96) was purveying kitsch, Victorian sentimentality. This according to received wisdom in art
history. Barlow (history of art, U. of Northumbria-Newcastle) sets out to test that evaluation, looking especially at his later work, after the 10-year period when he was the leading light of
the Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood. He discusses Millais' medievalism, his Ruskin, transitional acts, anecdotal aestheticism, masculine impressions, struggles for power, ghosts and memorials, and
his legacy. Annotation 穢2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
