| Description |
xi, 379 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: and aesthetic of labour -- Art, religion, and labour -- The harvest field in the Railway Age -- Blacksmith and artist -- Art and industry -- Colonial gothic -- Conclusion: aestheticism and labour |
| Summary |
"Featuring extensive new research, Men at Work examines a broad spectrum of the visual culture of Victorian Britain and its empire, including prints, photographs, book illustrations, material objects, and exhibition and museum displays. Barringer arrives at a major reinterpretation of the art and culture of nineteenth-century Britain as well as new readings of such key figures as Ford Madox Brown, John Linnell, and John Ruskin."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-372) and index |
| Subject |
Labor in art.
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Art and society -- England.
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Art, Victorian -- England.
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| Author |
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
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| LC no. |
2004013492 |
| ISBN |
0300103808 cloth alkaline paper |
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