The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900 - Couverture rigide

Parshall, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848220219 ISBN 13 : 9781848220218

Editeur : Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

For many today, the art of the late 19th century is equated with Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. This captivating book with its insightful essays and remarkable works of art presents us with an alternative account of the period. For collectors the experience of prints, drawings, and small sculptures was often a private affair, like taking a book down from the shelf for quiet enjoyment. Prints and drawings were kept aside, compiled in albums and portfolios, while medals and bronzes were often placed in the seclusion of the library. In short, such works of art were not typically a part of one's day-to-day environment in the manner of a framed object hung on a wall. Rather, they were subject to purposeful study on chosen occasions. From the beginning this element of discreteness allowed for degrees of experiment leading artists to sometimes recherche, sometimes enigmatic, and often melancholy subjects that indulged the solitary circumstances of their reception. By explicating a range of highly engaging, often mysterious and beautiful objects, The Darker Side of Light evokes the shadowed interiors and private introspections that compose a far less familiar history of late 19th-century art.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Parshall is curator and head of the department of old master prints at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. S. Hollis Clayson is professor of the history of art at Northwestern University, USA. Christiane Hertel is professor of the history of art at Bryn Mawr, USA. Nicholas Penny is Director of the National Gallery, London. Previously, he was senior curator of sculpture and decorative arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848220219
• ISBN 13: 9781848220218
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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