Victorian figurative painting : domestic life and the contemporary social scene / Mary Cowling.
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TextPublication details: Windsor : Andreas Papadakis, 2000.Description: 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN: - 1901092291
- 9781901092295
- 1901092321
- 9781901092325
- Genre painting, Victorian -- Great Britain
- Painting, British -- Themes, motives
- Painting, Victorian -- Great Britain -- Themes, motives
- Social classes in art
- Manners and customs in art
- Schilderkunst
- Huiselijkheid
- Dagelijks leven
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
- 709.42 COW
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 709.42 COW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100315853 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Among the great diversity of art which the Victorian age produced, nothing equals in interest its scenes of contemporary life, yet the importance of genre is still not fully appreciated. Designed to appeal to the popular market, this genre has come to embody everything that we now regard as quintessentially "Victorian", a fact which explains both its current neglect and its importance.
Genre painters may have lacked the serious intentions of the Pre-Raphaelites and the Social Realists, but their work is of equal cultural interest; not least because, in response to the demands of their patrons, genre painters constructed a veritable portrait of the age. The aim of this book is to give them the attention they so richly deserve.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-204) and index.