Modern Spiritualism and Scottish Art - Scots, Spirits and Seances, 1860-1940

This pioneering account of Modern Spiritualism in late 19th and early 20th-century Scotland is a compelling history of the international movement''s cultural impact on Scottish art. From spirit-mediums creating seance art to mainstream artists of the Royal Scottish Academy, this exposition reveals for the first time the extent of Spiritualist interest in Scotland. With its interdisciplinary scope, combines cultural and art history to explore the ways in which Scottish art reflected Spiritualist beliefs at the turn of the 20th century. More than simply a history of the Spiritualist cause and its visual manifestations, this book also provides a detailed account of scepticism, psychical research, and occulture in modern Scotland, and the role that these aspects played in informing responses to Spiritualist ideology.Utilising extensive archival research, together with in-depth analyses of overlooked paintings, drawings and sculpture, Michelle Foot demonstrates the vital importance of Spiritualist art to the development of Spiritualism in Scotland during the 19th century. In doing so, the book highlights the contribution of Scottish visual artists alongside better-known Spiritualists such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Daniel Dunglas Home.>

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Foot
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2025
• EAN: 9781350405851
• ISBN: 978-1-350-40585-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Scotland, Spiritualism, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art