Richard Wagner and the Art of the Avant-Garde, 1860-1910

The book discusses the unprecedented influence of Richard Wagner's operas on a number of prominent avant-garde artists of the late nineteenth century.

List of contents

Contents
List of Figures and Plates
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Ch.1. Tannhäuser in Paris
Ch 2. An Allegorical Portrait of Richard Wagner with his Muse
Ch. 3. Brünnhilde and Parsifal as Seen by Odilon Redon
Ch. 4. "Wagnerian" Themes in English Pre-Raphaelite Painting
Ch. 5. Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings of Tristan und Isolde
Ch. 6. Art in the Wagner Memorial Album of 1884
Ch. 7. John Singer Sargent, Wagnerite
Ch. 8. Richard Wagner and the Artists of the Belgian Avant-Garde
Part 1 James Ensor
Ch. 9 Richard Wagner and the Artists of the Belgian Avant-Garde
Part 2 The Symbolists: Fernand Khnopff and Jean Delville
Ch. 10. Constantin Meunier's Bronze Valkyrie
Ch. 11. Wagnerian Architecture: The Wagnerhof in Rotterdam
Index
About the Author

About the author

Donald A. Rosenthal is the author of Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1800 - 1880 and British Watercolors from the West Foundation. His articles have appeared in the Art Bulletin,Burlington Magazine, and Gazette des Beaux-Arts.

Summary

The book discusses the unprecedented influence of Richard Wagner’s operas on a number of prominent avant-garde artists of the late nineteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Donald A Rosenthal, Donald A. Rosenthal, Rosenthal Donald A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781538179994
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7999-4
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Europe, ART / History / General, ART / European, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera, History of Art, Modernism, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus