Samuel Palmer - Shadows on the Wall

"Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) was one of the leading British landscape painters of the 19th century. Inspired by his mentor, the artist and poet William Blake, Palmer brought a new spiritual intensity to his interpretation of nature, producing works of unprecedented boldness and fervency. Pre-eminent scholar William Vaughan--who organized the Palmer retrospective at the British Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005--draws on unpublished diaries and letters, offering a fresh interpretation of oneof the most attractive and sympathetic, yet idiosyncratic, figures of the 19th century. Far from being a recluse, as he is often presented, Palmer was actively engaged in Victorian cultural life and sought to exert a moral power through his artwork. Beautifully illustrated with Palmer's visionary and enchanted landscapes, the book contains rich studies of his work, influences, and resources. Vaughan also shows how later, enthralled by the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Palmer manipulated his own artistic imageto harmonize with it. Little appreciated in his lifetime, Palmer is now hailed as a precursor of modernism in the 20th century"--

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William Vaughan

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• Autori: William Vaughan, Vaughan William
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.06.2015
• EAN: 9780300209853
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20985-3
• Pagine: 412
• Serie: Studies in British Art; The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Nature in art, Paintings and painting