Author: Lionel Lambourne
Publisher: Phaidon Press
ISBN: 9780714843599
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Victorian Paintingis a comprehensive survey of one of the most fertile and varied eras in the history of painting. It embraces not just the United Kingdom, but also English-speaking countries linked to Britain by cultural ties of empire and emigration, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. Long regarded as a backwater of sentiment and outmoded academic convention that was bypassed by the mainstream of development in Western art, Victorian painting is now wholeheartedly enjoyed in its own right. Unfettered by old prejudices, Lionel Lambourne presents a vivid panorama of an age of unparalleled energy and creativity. Wealth, optimism, education and self-confidence created a huge demand for art, and a remarkable array of talent emerged to meet it. Producing works in a wide variety of styles, subjects and media, many artists became rich celebrities, while the profession as a whole enjoyed unprecedented public esteem. The author tackles this protean subject by dividing it into themes that reflect its richness and variety. Chapters are devoted to such topics as Mural/ History Painting, the Nude, the Portrait, Sporting Painting, Genre Scenes and Women Painters; and social themes such as the Fallen Woman, Social Realism, Travel and Emigration; as well as movements such as the Pre-Raphaelites. Written with a light touch, full of illuminating anecdotes, and with 600 color illustrations, Victorian Paintingis beautiful, highly entertaining and informative. It is also an invaluable reference work since, in addition to many famous and well-loved images, it presents a wealth of fine work by lesser-known artists, and explores the byways as well as highways of Victorian art, demonstrating the astounding range and depth of talent of the age.
Victorian Painting
Victorian Painting
Author: Christopher Wood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780297835523
Category : Painting, British
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Victorian era and its aftermath were the backdrop to one of the great flowerings of British art. Taking the story of British art from the era of Romanticism to the formal and aesthetic breakthrough of Post-Impressionism, this book offers a definitive survey of the field.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780297835523
Category : Painting, British
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Victorian era and its aftermath were the backdrop to one of the great flowerings of British art. Taking the story of British art from the era of Romanticism to the formal and aesthetic breakthrough of Post-Impressionism, this book offers a definitive survey of the field.
Victorian Fairy Painting
Author: Jeremy Maas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Published to accompany exhibition held at The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 13/11/97 - 8/2/98.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Published to accompany exhibition held at The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 13/11/97 - 8/2/98.
Painting Women
Author: Deborah Cherry
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415060530
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Looks at the experience of women painters within the oppressive confines of the Victorian patriarchy. Using biographies, journals and letters Cherry shows how their working lives were shaped by the social order of difference.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415060530
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Looks at the experience of women painters within the oppressive confines of the Victorian patriarchy. Using biographies, journals and letters Cherry shows how their working lives were shaped by the social order of difference.
Victorian Panorama
Author: Christopher Wood
Publisher: London : Faber
ISBN: 9780571107803
Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: London : Faber
ISBN: 9780571107803
Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Painting the Bible
Author: Michaela Giebelhausen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351555286
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Painting the Bible is the first book to investigate the transformations that religious painting underwent in mid-Victorian England. It charts the emergence of a Protestant realist painting in a period of increasing doubt, scientific discovery and biblical criticism. The book analyzes the position of religious painting in academic discourse and assesses the important role Pre-Raphaelite work played in redefining painting for mid-Victorian audiences. This original study brings together a wide range of material from high art and popular culture. It locates the controversy over the religious works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in debates about academicism, revivalism and caricature. It also investigates William Holman Hunt's radical, orientalist-realist approach to biblical subject matter which offered an important updating of the image of Christ that chimed with the principles of liberal Protestantism. The book will appeal to scholars and students across disciplines such as art history, literature, history and cultural studies. Its original research, rigorous analysis and accessible style will make it essential reading for anyone interested in questions of representation and belief in mid-Victorian England.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351555286
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Painting the Bible is the first book to investigate the transformations that religious painting underwent in mid-Victorian England. It charts the emergence of a Protestant realist painting in a period of increasing doubt, scientific discovery and biblical criticism. The book analyzes the position of religious painting in academic discourse and assesses the important role Pre-Raphaelite work played in redefining painting for mid-Victorian audiences. This original study brings together a wide range of material from high art and popular culture. It locates the controversy over the religious works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in debates about academicism, revivalism and caricature. It also investigates William Holman Hunt's radical, orientalist-realist approach to biblical subject matter which offered an important updating of the image of Christ that chimed with the principles of liberal Protestantism. The book will appeal to scholars and students across disciplines such as art history, literature, history and cultural studies. Its original research, rigorous analysis and accessible style will make it essential reading for anyone interested in questions of representation and belief in mid-Victorian England.
William Powell Frith
Author: William Powell Frith
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300121903
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was the greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth. His panoramas of nineteenth-century life broke new ground in their depiction of the diverse London crowd, and they are now icons of their age. Frith’s popularity in his lifetime was unprecedented; on six separate occasions special railings had to be built at the Royal Academy to protect his paintings from an admiring public. Derby Day and The Railway Station are nearly as well known today as a century ago, yet the artist who painted them is now neglected. This book explores Frith's place in the development of Victorian painting: the impact of his unconventional private life on his work, his relationships with Hogarth and Dickens, his influence on popular illustration, the place of costume in his paintings, his female models, his painting materials and practice, and much more. The book makes an important contribution to the literature on art in the Victorian era and to our understanding of the nineteenth century.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300121903
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was the greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth. His panoramas of nineteenth-century life broke new ground in their depiction of the diverse London crowd, and they are now icons of their age. Frith’s popularity in his lifetime was unprecedented; on six separate occasions special railings had to be built at the Royal Academy to protect his paintings from an admiring public. Derby Day and The Railway Station are nearly as well known today as a century ago, yet the artist who painted them is now neglected. This book explores Frith's place in the development of Victorian painting: the impact of his unconventional private life on his work, his relationships with Hogarth and Dickens, his influence on popular illustration, the place of costume in his paintings, his female models, his painting materials and practice, and much more. The book makes an important contribution to the literature on art in the Victorian era and to our understanding of the nineteenth century.
Victorian Painters: The text
Author: Christopher Wood
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Contains 11,000 entries
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Contains 11,000 entries
Victorian Painters
Author: Jeremy Maas
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Color Your Own Victorian Fairy Paintings
Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486470512
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Welcome to an enchanting world populated by the little people — fairies, elves, and sprites — envisioned by such Victorian-era artists as Arthur Rackham, Richard Doyle, Edward Robert Hughes, Warwick Goble, and other masters of the genre. Set amid nature's loveliest scenes, the 30 fantasy illustrations will captivate any colorist.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486470512
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Welcome to an enchanting world populated by the little people — fairies, elves, and sprites — envisioned by such Victorian-era artists as Arthur Rackham, Richard Doyle, Edward Robert Hughes, Warwick Goble, and other masters of the genre. Set amid nature's loveliest scenes, the 30 fantasy illustrations will captivate any colorist.