Narrating modernity : the British problem picture, 1895-1914 / Pamela M. Fletcher.
Narrating modernity : the British problem picture, 1895-1914 / Pamela M. Fletcher.
Narrating modernity : the British problem picture, 1895-1914 / Pamela M. Fletcher.
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Publisher
Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N954.0941/1
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English
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Physical content
ix, 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Narrating modernity -- 1. Towards a definition of the problem picture -- 2. Woman as problem -- 3. Modern art and modern life -- 4. The fashionable problem picture: viewers and viewings -- 5. The 'problem picture' as modernism's Other -- 6. The problem picture and the creation of an au...
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Publisher
Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2003.
Place of Publication
Vermont
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"Problem pictures were an extraordinarily popular feature of the Edwardian Royal Academy. The ambiguous, often slightly risque paintings of modern life were conversation pieces whose meaning was hotly debated in private and public. At a time when the question 'How might art best address itself to and be addressed by a modern world?' was fiercely co...
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Narrating modernity : the British problem picture, 1895-1914 / Pamela M. Fletcher.
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British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings.
Bibliography: p. 167-183.
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N954.0941/1
Record Identifier
74Vv5jJNPDvO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5jJNPDvO
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ISBN
0754635686 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780754635680 (alk. paper)
0754635686 (alk. paper)
9780754635680 (hbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
954.094109041
700.4112
MMS ID
991017824359702626
