The representation of children in modern European visual culture
has often been marginalized by Art History as sentimental and
trivial. For this reason the subject of childhood in relation to
art and its production has largely been ignored. Confronting this
dismissal, this unique collection of essays raises new and
unexpected issues about the formation of childhood identity in the
nineteenth century and makes a significant contribution to the
development of inter-disciplinary studies within this area. Through
a range of stimulating and insightful case studies, the book charts
the development of the Romantic ideal of childhood, starting with
Rousseau's Emile, and attends to its visual, social and
psychological transformations during the historical period from
which Freud's psychoanalytic theories eventually emerged. Foremost
scholars such as Anne Higonnet, Carol Mavor, Susan Casteras and
Linda A. Pollock uncover the means by which children became an
important conduit for prevailing social anxieties and demonstrate
that the apparently 'timeless' images of them that proliferated at
the time should be understood as complex cultural documents. Over
50 illustrations enhance this rich and fascinating volume.
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