Art for Art''s Sake - Aestheticism in Victorian Painting

Klappentext In the London circles of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Frederic Leighton! the notion of "art for art's sake" became a shared concern: if art is not created for the sake of preaching a moral lesson! or supporting a political cause! or making a fortune! or any other objective! what might art be? Art historian Elizabeth Prettejohn traces the emergence of the debates over this issue in the 1860s and 1870s! focusing especially on the Rossetti! Whistler! Leighton! and other protagonists of the Aesthetic Movement and their paintings--some of the most haunting and memorable images in modern art. The English painters' search for the formula to best express the idea of "art for art's sake" was a unified and powerful artistic undertaking! Prettejohn demonstrates! and the Aesthetic Movement made important contributions to the history of modern art. Zusammenfassung Explores the distinctive role of painting in the debates surrounding the notion of 'art for art's sake' and Aestheticism in Victorian England. This book traces the emergence of the debates in 1860s and their development into 1870s! focusing on the principal protagonists of the Aesthetic Movement and their paintings.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Prettejohn, Elizabeth Prettejohn
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2007
• EAN: 9780300135497
• ISBN: 978-0-300-13549-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies; Studies in British Art; The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art