Art and Identity in Scotland - A Cultural History From the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott

This lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, weaves together previously unpublished archival materials, visual and material culture, dress and textile history to examine how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Beyond Scotland: 1. Scots in Europe: 'making a figure' - painted portraiture on the Grand Tour; 2. Scots in London: 'the means of bread with applause' - George Steuart's architectural elevation; 3. Scots in Empire: 'good fishing in muddy waters' - Claud Alexander in Calcutta and Catrine; Part II. Within Scotland: 4. The Prince in Scotland: 'daubed with plaid and crammed with treason' - the visual and material culture of embodied insurrection; 5. The Monarch in the metropolis: a scopic spectacle - George IV's visit to Edinburgh, August 1822; 6. Borders Bard: 'the exactness of the resemblance': Sir Walter Scott and the physiognomy of Romanticism; Conclusion: Scott-land.

About the author

Viccy Coltman is a professor of history of art at the University of Edinburgh, where she is an authority on eighteenth-century visual and material culture in Britain. The author of four books including two monographs, an edited and co-edited volume, Coltman has been awarded fellowships by the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, the Huntington Library, the National Gallery of Washington DC and the British School at Rome, amongst others. In 2006 she was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in recognition of her outstanding contribution to History of Art. Coltman is currently the academic lead on a MOOC, a Massive Open Online Course on 'Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites', in collaboration with the National Museums Scotland.

Summary

This lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, weaves together previously unpublished archival materials, visual and material culture, dress and textile history to examine how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways.

Product details

• Authors: Viccy Coltman, Viccy (University of Edinburgh) Coltman, Coltman Viccy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108405584
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40558-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Cambridge Social and Cultural
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Popular Culture, European History, Scotland, Social & cultural history, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Material Culture, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800, Scots (Lallans, The Doric)