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William Holman Hunt and Typological Symbolism (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
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William Holman Hunt and Typological Symbolism (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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In this study, first published in 1979, Landow contends that Hunt's
version of Pre-Raphaelitism concerned itself primarily with an
elaborate system of painterly symbolism rather than with a
photographic realism as has been usually supposed. Like Ruskin,
Hunt believed that a symbolism based on scriptural typology - the
method of finding anticipations of Christ in Hebrew history - could
produce an ideal art that would solve the problems of Victorian
painting. According to Hunt, this elaborate symbolism could
simultaneously avoid the dangers of materialism inherent in a
realistic style, the dead conventionalism of academic art, and the
sentimentality of much contemporary painting. George Landow
examines Hunt's work in the context of this argument and, drawing
on much unknown or previously inaccessible material, shows how he
used texts, frames, and symbols to create a complex art of
mediation that became increasingly visionary as the artist grew
older. This book is ideal for students of art history.
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