| Description |
xii, 200 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Series |
British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings |
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British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings.
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| Contents |
1. Poetry of the peasant -- 2. The joys of sight -- 3. Seeking classic lands -- 4. Landscapes and rhythm -- 5. A sympathetic country -- 6. An ideal modernity: Spencer Gore at Letchworth -- 7. Dwellers in the innermost: mystery and vision |
| Summary |
"This book demonstrates how engagement with modernism in the landscapes and rural scenes of artists like George Clausen, Philip Wilson Steer, Augustus John, Laura Knight, J. D. Fergusson and Spencer Gore corresponds to the 'non-aesthetic interests' of the period and sets up a series of imaginary geographies of sites drawn from the home counties and Cornwall to the shores of the Mediterranean. It explores their relation to the broader culture of ruralism and re-considers simple conflations between national identity, 'Englishness' and the native landscape. The modernist scrutiny of the medium, the search for essentials, for harmony, stability and a potential order ultimately produced reassuring imagery for an age preoccupied with cultural degeneracy and bodily health - but the processes of purification were pursued at a significant cost."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-192) and index |
| Subject |
Landscape painting, British -- 20th century.
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Painting, Victorian -- Great Britain.
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Painting, Edwardian -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
2002027774 |
| ISBN |
0754600734 alkaline paper |
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0754600734 acid-free paper |
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0754600734 hardback alkaline paper |
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0754600734 : |
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0754600734 |
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