Victorian Artist - Artists'' Life Writings in Britain, C.1870-1910

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

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• Authors: Julie F. Codell, Julie F. Professor Codell, Professor Julie F. Codell, CODELL JULIE F
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2012
• EAN: 9781107407404
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40740-4
• No. of pages: 394
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; 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 -