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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Victorian art"”.
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Eve and the Madonna in Victorian Art
… at seven well-known London venues during the Victorian era (1838-1901). The subjects of Eve and the Madonna are here selected for detailed analysis from the broader context of Victorian religious subject pictures, a category of Victorian art that remains arguably under-researched. …
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Philip Gilbert Hamerton: Victorian Art Critic (England)
This dissertation examines the writing of the Victorian art critic, Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894), within the context of other critics' writings, within the intellectual and artistic climate of this time, and within the newly developing profession of art critic. Hamerton, a prolific writer, …
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British Orientalist Painting in the Victorian Art World
… paintings in relation to the four agents of the Victorian art world: the artist, dealer, press, and patron. With a particular focus on the 1880s, a decade in which there was a notable rise in the production and display of Orientalist subjects at the Royal Academy, I examine the reception and …
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Deciphering the Real through Artifice: A Study of the Gaze in Victorian Art
… of the Brotherhood for being ugly and artless. Differing considerably from her other realist work, George Eliot's "The Lifted Veil" is a supernatural novella written from the perspective of a man who can read minds and see the future. Even though he is gifted with preternatural sight, …
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Mermaids and Sirens as Androgynous Figures in Victorian Art and Literature 1870-1915
… androgynous depictions of mermaids and sirens in Victorian art and literature. It focuses on three Pre-Raphaelite artists – Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919) and John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) – who produced prolific mermaid and siren output, alongside their …
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Charles Roberson, London colourman, and the trade in artists' materials 1820─1939
… his first shop on Long Acre, London, selling artists’ materials. Among his initial customers, comprising mainly amateurs and businesses related to the art trade, the name of Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, stands out. His custom is an early indication of the important …
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Sleep, Sickness, and Spirituality: Altered States and Victorian Visions of Femininity in British and American Art, 1850-1915
This dissertation examines representations in art of the Victorian woman in “altered states.” Though characterized in Victorian art in a number of ways, women are most commonly stereotyped as physically listless and mentally vacuous. The images examined show the Victorian female in a languid and at …
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A Taste for Britain: The History and Significance of Victorian Paintings in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Collections
Victorian paintings in Aotearoa New Zealand’s major art institutions are a largely untapped resource in art historical scholarship. This is remarkable: these works constitute an important component of the collections and are critical to charting institutional origins and development. This study …
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Amazonian Vision: Representations of Women Artists in Victorian Fiction
… dissertation examines representations of women artists—writers, musicians, painters, and photographers—in nineteenth-century British novels and poetry written by Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, Anne Brontë, Dinah Craik, Charlotte Yonge, and Amy Levy. It analyzes how …
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The Constant Wife Revisited: The Progression of a Play from Conception to the Final Stage Production
For my thesis, I recorded the progression of my show, The Constant Wife. I discuss the conception of my original scene design as well as the changes that occurred while working with the director and other designers. Throughout the thesis, I address the problems that arose during the pre-production, …