British Romanticism and the Reception of Italian Old Master Art, - 1793 184

Zusatztext Shortlisted for the 2015 BARS First Book Prize Informationen zum Autor Dr Maureen McCue is a Lecturer in English Literature at Bangor University, UK. Klappentext Offering cultural, historical and literary readings of the responses to Italian Old Master art by early nineteenth-century writers, McCue illuminates the important role these artworks played in shaping the themes that are central to our understanding of Romanticism. She argues that they informed the writing of Romantic period authors, enabling them to forge often surprising connections between Italian art, the imagination and the period's political, social and commercial realities. Zusammenfassung Offering cultural, historical and literary readings of the responses to Italian Old Master art by early nineteenth-century writers, McCue illuminates the important role these artworks played in shaping the themes that are central to our understanding of Romanticism. She argues that they informed the writing of Romantic period authors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Maureen McCue; Chapter 1 Attempting ‘To Engraft Italian Art on English Nature’, Maureen McCue; Chapter 2 Connoisseurship, Maureen McCue; Chapter 3 Making Literature, Maureen McCue; Chapter 4 Samuel Rogers’s Italy, Maureen McCue; Chapter 102 Conclusion, Maureen McCue;

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maureen McCue
• Editore: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.11.2014
• EAN: 9781409468325
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-6832-5
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Studies in Art Historiography; Studies in Art Historiography
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; English, ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, ART / European, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Italy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800