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Frederic Leighton
Tim Barringer (Ed.)
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Description for Frederic Leighton
Hardcover. A collection of writings reinterpreting the art of Frederic Leighton, challenging the view that limits him to the category of "Victorian artist". It extends the discussion beyond Leighton's life and addresses issues such as gender and sexuality, and the artist's identity and self-positioning. Editor(s): Barringer, Tim; Prettejohn, Elizabeth. Series: Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 b/w + 17 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Liberated from the constraints of tradition, the Pre-Raphaelites of mid-Victorian England produced distinctive representations of nature and society in paintings remarkable for their compositional vitality and hallucinatory effects of color. This lavishly illustrated book provides a fresh appraisal of the Pre-Raphaelite artists and their radical departure from artistic conventions. Tim Barringer explores the meanings so richly encoded in Pre-Raphaelite paintings and analyzes key pictures and their significance within the complex social and cultural matrix of nineteenth-century Britain. In chapters devoted to core themes, the author discusses such artists as John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Ford ... Read more
Liberated from the constraints of tradition, the Pre-Raphaelites of mid-Victorian England produced distinctive representations of nature and society in paintings remarkable for their compositional vitality and hallucinatory effects of color. This lavishly illustrated book provides a fresh appraisal of the Pre-Raphaelite artists and their radical departure from artistic conventions. Tim Barringer explores the meanings so richly encoded in Pre-Raphaelite paintings and analyzes key pictures and their significance within the complex social and cultural matrix of nineteenth-century Britain. In chapters devoted to core themes, the author discusses such artists as John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Ford ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
Series
Studies in British Art
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300079371
SKU
V9780300079371
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About Tim Barringer (Ed.)
Tim Barringer is assistant professor in the Department of the History of Art at Yale University. Elizabeth Prettejohn is a lecturer at the University of Plymouth in England.
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