Albert moore - Couverture rigide

ASLESON R

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0714838462 ISBN 13 : 9780714838465

Editeur : Phaidon, 2000

Synopsis

Albert Moore (1841-93) was one of the most remarkable artists of the nineteenth century. In a single-minded quest for ideal beauty, he created many of the celebrated icons of the Victorian era, yet the progressive ideas that underpinned his life and art have remained cloaked in shadow. Robyn Asleson's monograph - the first to be published on the artist for over 100 years - seeks to restore the artist to his rightful place in art history, while also fleshing out his hitherto mysterious personality and lifestyle.

Surveying the whole of Moore's career and drawing on unpublished materials, Robyn Asleson throws a flood of new light on the artist and his work. She presents new evidence to debunk the myth of his hermit-like existence, re-examines his notorious exclusion from Royal Academy membership, and documents his close relationship with Whistler, demonstrating that Moore's influence on his older and more famous friend was far greater than has hitherto been assumed. Moore emerges as the most radical exponent of English Aestheticism, a passionate and audacious crusader for abstract beauty who anticipated the aesthetic concerns of twentieth-century Modernism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Robyn Asleson won Yale University's prestigious Frances Blanshard Prize for her doctoral thesis on late Victorian classical painting. She has lectured and published extensively on British art, and is currently writing the catalogue of British paintings in the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phaidon
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0714838462
• ISBN 13: 9780714838465
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible