Masculinities in Victorian painting / Joseph A. Kestner.
Masculinities in Victorian painting / Joseph A. Kestner.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Aldershot, Hants, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate Pub., c1995.
Call Numbers
N757.30941/1
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Artistic Representation and the Construction of Masculinity -- 2. The Classical Hero -- 3. The Gallant Knight -- 4. The Challenged Paterfamilias -- 5. The Valiant Soldier -- 6. The Male Nude.
Publication information
Publisher
Aldershot, Hants, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate Pub., c1995.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c1995.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The author concludes that maleness was, and is, learned and that nineteenth-century ideas still influence the construction of manhood in the twentieth century; that social institutions are influenced by, and themselves use, artistic representation; that artistic images strongly influence ideas of gender; and that multidisciplinary cultural study is...
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Full title
Masculinities in Victorian painting / Joseph A. Kestner.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-306) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1995.
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Call Numbers
N757.30941/1
Record Identifier
74VvE62jqGx3
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvE62jqGx3
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ISBN
1859281087
9781859281086
DDC
757.3094109034
MMS ID
991011567299702626
