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Beauty and Art

1750-2000

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

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What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called beautiful, and why? Fundamental and intriguing questions to artists and art lovers, but ones that are all too often ignored in discussions of art today. Prettejohn argues that we simply cannot afford to ignore these questions. Charting over two hundred years of western art, she illuminates the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art, from the works of Kauffman to Whistler, Ingres to Rossetti, Cézanne to Jackson Pollock, and concludes with a challenging question for the future: why should we care about beauty in the twenty-first century?

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OUP Oxford

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0191516511

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9780191516511

The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857

Entrepreneurs, Connoisseurs and the Public

By: Elizabeth A. Pergam

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The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857

Entrepreneurs, Connoisseurs and the Public

By: Elizabeth A. Pergam

An overdue study of a groundbreaking event, this is the first book-length examination of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. The book examines aesthetic, social, and economic issues of the day, and follows the Exhibition's reverberations in the development of art history and museum practices to the present day. A complete list of the exhibited works that are now in public collections throughout the world is also included.

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404

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409418308

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9781409418306

Christina Rossetti and the Bible

Waiting with the Saints

By: Elizabeth Ludlow

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Christina Rossetti and the Bible

Waiting with the Saints

By: Elizabeth Ludlow

Through theologically-engaged close readings of her poetry and devotional prose, this book explores how Christina Rossetti draws on the Bible and encourages her Victorian readers to respond to its radical message of grace. Structured chronologically, each chapter investigates her participation in the formation of Tractarian theology and details how her interpretative strategies changed over the course of her lifetime. Revealing how her encounter with the biblical text is informed by devotional classics, Christina Rossetti and the Bible highlights the influence of Thomas a' Kempis, John Bunyan, George Herbert and John Donne and describes how Rossetti adapted the teaching of the Ancient and Patristic Fathers and medieval mystics. It also considers the interfaces that are established between her devotional poems and the anthology and periodical pieces alongside which they were published throughout the second half of the nineteenth-century.

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271

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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147251095X

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9781472510952

The Wayward Muse

A Novel

By: Elizabeth Hickey

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The Wayward Muse

A Novel

By: Elizabeth Hickey

From the critically acclaimed author of "The Painted Kiss" comes a rich and romantic story of the passionate love triangle between William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts movement; his mentor, the painter Daunt Gabriel Rossetti; and the woman they both love.

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322

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Simon and Schuster

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0743273192

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9780743273190

Pamela Colman Smith

Artist, Feminist, and Mystic

By: Elizabeth Foley O'Connor

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Pamela Colman Smith

Artist, Feminist, and Mystic

By: Elizabeth Foley O'Connor

Pamela Colman Smith’s illustrations for the Rider Waite tarot deck are known to millions worldwide, but her work took her from art galleries in New York and Europe to salons with luminaries of the English suffrage movement, the Irish literary revival, and friendships with Bram Stoker, W. B. Yeats, and G. K. Chesterton. A feminist artist, poet, folklorist, editor, publisher, and stage designer who was active from 1896 through the 1920s, Colman Smith became popular for her live performances of Jamaican folktales in both England and the U.S., using the creole of the island to capture the dramatic power of these tales while driving speculation about her purposefully indeterminate racial and sexual identity. She also travelled in - and was expelled from – occult circles, and her ability to take on and cast aside a wide range of identities was central to her life’s work. Colman Smith illustrated more than 20 books and well over a hundred magazine articles, wrote two collections of Jamaican folktales, and edited two magazines. Her paintings were exhibited in galleries in the U.S. and Europe.

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Liverpool University Press

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1949979407

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9781949979404

The Art of Fantasy

A Visual Sourcebook of All That is Unreal

By: S. Elizabeth

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The Art of Fantasy

A Visual Sourcebook of All That is Unreal

By: S. Elizabeth

The Art of Fantasy is an inspiring curation of art for fans of myth, magic and the unreal – from gallery greats (the Surrealists and Symbolists) to artists working in the margins today.

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Frances Lincoln Children's Books

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0711279950

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9780711279957

Antiquity in Gotham

The Ancient Architecture of New York City

By: Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis

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Antiquity in Gotham

The Ancient Architecture of New York City

By: Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis

The first detailed study of “Neo-Antique” architecture applies an archaeological lens to the study of New York City’s structures Since the city’s inception, New Yorkers have deliberately and purposefully engaged with ancient architecture to design and erect many of its most iconic buildings and monuments, including Grand Central Terminal and the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch in Brooklyn, as well as forgotten gems such as Snug Harbor on Staten Island and the Gould Memorial Library in the Bronx. Antiquity in Gotham interprets the various ways ancient architecture was re-conceived in New York City from the eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century. Contextualizing New York’s Neo-Antique architecture within larger American architectural trends, author Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis applies an archaeological lens to the study of the New York buildings that incorporated these various models in their design, bringing together these diverse sources of inspiration into a single continuum. Antiquity in Gotham explores how ancient architecture communicated the political ideals of the new republic through the adaptation of Greek and Roman architecture, how Egyptian temples conveyed the city’s new technological achievements, and how the ancient Near East served many artistic masters, decorating the interiors of glitzy Gilded Age restaurants and the tops of skyscrapers. Rather than classifying neo-classical (and Greek Revival), Egyptianizing, and architecture inspired by the ancient Near East into distinct categories, Macaulay-Lewis applies the Neo-Antique framework that considers the similarities and differences—intellectually, conceptually, and chronologically—among the reception of these different architectural traditions. This fundamentally interdisciplinary project draws upon all available evidence and archival materials—such as the letters and memos of architects and their patrons, and the commentary in contemporary newspapers and magazines—to provide a lively multi-dimensional analysis that examines not only the city’s ancient buildings and rooms themselves but also how New Yorkers envisaged them, lived in them, talked about them, and reacted to them. Antiquity offered New Yorkers architecture with flexible aesthetic, functional, cultural, and intellectual resonances—whether it be the democratic ideals of Periclean Athens, the technological might of Pharaonic Egypt, or the majesty of Imperial Rome. The result of these dialogues with ancient architectural forms was the creation of innovative architecture that has defined New York City’s skyline throughout its history.

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823293858

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9780823293858

The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture

Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

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The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture

Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

What can modern art have to do with ancient sculpture? Surely the excitement of modern art lies in its utter repudiation of classical example? Elizabeth Prettejohn's important and revisionist new book argues otherwise: that ancient sculpture and modern art have been in constant dialogue since Johann Joachim Winckelmann invented the modern discipline of art history. It shows how ancient sculptures could inspire artists such as Rodin, Leighton or Picasso, and how modern artworks could help to interpret sculptors such as Pheidias and Praxiteles. The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture will have strong appeal to students of modern art and the classics alike.

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I.B. Tauris

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1848859031

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9781848859036

Beauty and Art

1750-2000

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

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Beauty and Art

1750-2000

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? Elizabeth Prettejohn explores these crucial questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. She charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century, from Kauffman to Whistler, Ingres to Rossetti, Cézanne to Jackson Pollock.

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OUP Oxford

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0192801600

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Beauty and Art

1750-2000

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

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1750-2000

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

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Characters and Conversations

British Art 1900-1930

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

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Characters and Conversations

British Art 1900-1930

By: Elizabeth Prettejohn

Focuses on the British art world between 1900 and 1930. The text introduces a number of the characters involved and hints at some of their conversations, affiliations and organizations, investigating the image and self-image of British artists who thought themselves Modern during the period.

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1854372092

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Incidents and Appalling Trials and Treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill: From the Plotting Citizen Confed

By: Elizabeth R. Hill

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Incidents and Appalling Trials and Treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill: From the Plotting Citizen Confed

By: Elizabeth R. Hill

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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053026269X

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Beauty and Art

Beauty and Art

The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857

The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857

Christina Rossetti and the Bible

Christina Rossetti and the Bible

The Wayward Muse

The Wayward Muse

Pamela Colman Smith

Pamela Colman Smith

The Art of Fantasy

The Art of Fantasy

Antiquity in Gotham

Antiquity in Gotham

The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture

The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture

Beauty and Art

Beauty and Art

Beauty and Art

Beauty and Art

Characters and Conversations

Characters and Conversations

Incidents and Appalling Trials and Treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill: From the Plotting Citizen Confed

Incidents and Appalling Trials and Treatment of Elizabeth R. Hill: From the Plotting Citizen Confed

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