Art of Entertainment - Popular Performance in Modern British Art, 1880 to 1940

In this book, theatre historian Jason Price looks at the relationships and exchanges that took place between high and low cultural forms in Britain from 1880 to 1940

List of contents

1. Setting the Stage: Modernism and the Popular 2. Manipulating the Public Gaze: Minnie Cunningham the Entertainer, Artist’s Muse, and Victorian New Woman 3. Modern Daredevil: Therese Lessore’s Paintings of Swallow’s Circus at the Royal Agricultural Hall 4. Matters of Display and Consent: The Human Exhibit and Goscombe John’s Bokane 5. (Un)popular Queer Figures: Glyn Philpot’s Knowing Acrobats 6. Historical Illusionisms and Acts of Recovery

About the author

Jason Price is Reader in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He is a theatre historian, teacher, and art lover.

Summary

In this book, theatre historian Jason Price looks at the relationships and exchanges that took place between high and low cultural forms in Britain from 1880 to 1940

Product details

• Authors: Jason Price, Price Jason
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032740737
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274073-7
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; 20th Century, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, Theatre Studies, History of Art, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Other performing arts, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, c 1890 to c 1899, c 1880 to c 1889, Entertainment;Modernism;Popular Culture;Clowns;Modern Art