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This title was first published in 2000. The nineteenth century saw
the emergence of numerous artistic brotherhoods - groups of artists
bound together in communal production, sharing spiritual and
aesthetic aims. Although it is widely acknowledged that this is an
unique feature of the period, there has not previously been a
separate study of the phenomenon. This collection of essays
provides a thorough and wide-ranging exploration of the issue.
Situating artistic brotherhoods within their historical context, it
offers unique insights into the social, political, economic and
cultural milieu of the nineteenth century. It focuses on the most
celebrated and influential brotherhoods, while also bringing to
light lesser-known or forgotten artists. The essays explore the
artistic fraternity from a wide variety of perspectives, probing
issues of gender, identity, professional practices and artistic
formation in Europe and the United States. This book investigates
the Nazarenes, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Russian Abramatsova, the
Primitifs, the Nabis as well as other leading groups. The book
contains a substantial introduction, which establishes the key
questions and issues surrounding the phenomena of the artistic
brotherhood, including their relation to the larger artistic
community, their association with other social and political
organizations of the period, and the ways in which mythologies have
been built around them in subsequent histories and recollections of
the period.
This title was first published in 2000. The nineteenth century saw
the emergence of numerous artistic brotherhoods - groups of artists
bound together in communal production, sharing spiritual and
aesthetic aims. Although it is widely acknowledged that this is an
unique feature of the period, there has not previously been a
separate study of the phenomenon. This collection of essays
provides a thorough and wide-ranging exploration of the issue.
Situating artistic brotherhoods within their historical context, it
offers unique insights into the social, political, economic and
cultural milieu of the nineteenth century. It focuses on the most
celebrated and influential brotherhoods, while also bringing to
light lesser-known or forgotten artists. The essays explore the
artistic fraternity from a wide variety of perspectives, probing
issues of gender, identity, professional practices and artistic
formation in Europe and the United States. This book investigates
the Nazarenes, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Russian Abramatsova, the
Primitifs, the Nabis as well as other leading groups. The book
contains a substantial introduction, which establishes the key
questions and issues surrounding the phenomena of the artistic
brotherhood, including their relation to the larger artistic
community, their association with other social and political
organizations of the period, and the ways in which mythologies have
been built around them in subsequent histories and recollections of
the period.
Whats the difference between a cast shadow and a form shadow? Why
do shadows become increasingly important in Western art? Can we
only ever see shadows, not objects themselves, as Plato claimed? In
this beautiful little book, printmaker and History of Art Professor
William Vaughan presents the history of shadows, from their
emergence in the visuals arts to their association with death and
the subconscious. Get ready! You may never look at the world the
same way again! "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON
REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely
mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST.
"Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) was one of the leading British landscape
painters of the 19th century. Inspired by his mentor, the artist
and poet William Blake, Palmer brought a new spiritual intensity to
his interpretation of nature, producing works of unprecedented
boldness and fervency. Pre-eminent scholar William Vaughan-who
organized the Palmer retrospective at the British Museum and The
Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005-draws on unpublished diaries and
letters, offering a fresh interpretation of one of the most
attractive and sympathetic, yet idiosyncratic, figures of the 19th
century. Far from being a recluse, as he is often presented, Palmer
was actively engaged in Victorian cultural life and sought to exert
a moral power through his artwork. Beautifully illustrated with
Palmer's visionary and enchanted landscapes, the book contains rich
studies of his work, influences, and resources. Vaughan also shows
how later, enthralled by the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Palmer
manipulated his own artistic image to harmonize with it. Little
appreciated in his lifetime, Palmer is now hailed as a precursor of
modernism in the 20th century. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre
for Studies in British Art
In the age of revolutions, at the end of the eighteenth century,
the mental and spiritual life of North America and Europe began to
undergo a historic and irreversible change. The ideas of
spontaneity, direct expression and natural feeling transformed the
arts, encouraging artists to explore the extremes in human nature,
from heroism to insanity and despair. Widely praised on its
previous appearance as Romantic Art and now revised, William
Vaughan's classic study analyzes the achievement of the leading
artists of the age - masters such as Goya, Blake, Gericault, Turner
and Delacroix - and sets in context a host of fascinating figures
in painting, sculpture and architecture: Palmer, Runge, Soane,
Gros, Overbeck, Schinkel, Flaxman, Pugin, Bingham and many more.
The result is an invaluable account of a dramatic and contradictory
artistic epoch.
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2nd Gen (Paperback)
William Vaughan, Andrea Vaughan
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R433
Discovery Miles 4 330
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Gainsborough is one of the most appealing artists of the eighteenth
century. Renowned for such elegant portraits as The Blue Boy and
Countess Howe, he also pioneered a new form of landscape with a
moody sensibility that prefigured the Romantic movement. He was a
brilliant draftsman, and his art is full of inventiveness and
visual delight. William Vaughan draws on recently discovered
material to provide a fresh perspective on both the life and art of
this master. He shows how closely Gainsborough's innovative manner
can be connected to social and political developments in Britain,
in particular the celebration of original genius in a time of
burgeoning entrepreneurial commercialism. Above all, he
demonstrates how, beneath the artist's charm, there lay a bedrock
of shrewd observation and pictorial intelligence that gives his
work a value for all time.
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Polygraphice (Paperback)
William Vaughan, William Salmon, William Sherwin
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R1,160
Discovery Miles 11 600
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Ueber Freyheit Und Einschrankung Der Handelsgeschaffte Oder
Neuere Und altere Regierungs-Maximen Der Handels-Policey Im
Contraste: Aus Dem Englischen, Mit Anmerkungen Des Uebersetzers
Christian August Wichmann, William Vaughan Jacobaer, 1793
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it
was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the
first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and
farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists
and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original
texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly
contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++British LibraryT007908Anonymous. By
William Vaughan. Also issued as part of 'A collection of tracts on
wet-docks for the Port of London with hints on trade and commerce
and on free-ports'.London: printed in the year, 1796. 4],24p.; 8
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