The idea of the English landscape painter : genius as Alibi in the early nineteenth century / Kay Di...
The idea of the English landscape painter : genius as Alibi in the early nineteenth century / Kay Di...
The idea of the English landscape painter : genius as Alibi in the early nineteenth century / Kay Dian Kriz.
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn. : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, c1997.
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N758.10942/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 188 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents
1. The Crisis of the English School and the Question of Genre -- 2. Of Old Masters, French Glitter, and English Nature -- 3. The Domestic Landscape as Contested Ground: Amateur Dabblers versus Native Geniuses -- 4. The Imaginative Genius, the "Poverty of Landscape," and Associated Pleasures -- 5. Ge...
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn. : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
English landscape painting changed dramatically during the time of Turner and Girtin - the new style of painting was seen as more natural and expressive of the imagination and character of the artist himself. The new artistic "geniuses" were hailed by critics as shining stars of a truly English school of landscape painting. In this book, Dian Kriz...
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The idea of the English landscape painter : genius as Alibi in the early nineteenth century / Kay Dian Kriz.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-182) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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N758.10942/2
Record Identifier
74VMbg0rXr0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbg0rXr0X
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ISBN
0300068336 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300068337 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
758.1094209034
MMS ID
991000841269702626
