The Victorian Artist - Artists' Life Writings in Britain, c.1870–1910

This 2003 book examines the origins, development, and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910.

List of contents

Introduction: the artists as text; 1. Biographical functions, mediations and exchanges; 2. The Victorian typology of artists: from prelapsarian to professional; 3. Artists' autobiographies: Cellini, Res Gestae, jouissance, and the collective life; 4. Family biographies: domestic authority, social order, and the artist's body; 5. Biography as history: anecdotage, serialization, and national identity; Conclusion: gifting art: from Bohemians to benefactors.

Summary

The Victorian Artist, first published in 2003, analyzes a variety of narrative modes to examines the origins, development, and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910. It serves as a timely sociological and cultural overview of the art world in Britain in the decades before World War I.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Codell, Julie F. Codell, Julie F. (Arizona State University) Codell, Professor Julie F. Codell
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2003
• EAN: 9780521817578
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81757-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 876 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; ART / History / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -