The Victorian Artist: Artists' Lifewritings in Britain, c.1870-1910 Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Victorian Artist: Artists' Lifewritings in Britain, c.1870-1910 Book

The Victorian Artist examines the origins, development and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910. Analyzing a variety of narrative modes, including gossip, anecdotes, and serialization, as well as the differences among genres -- autobiographies, family biographies, biographical histories, and dictionaries -- Julie Codell discerns and articulates the the multiple, often conflicting identities that were ascribed to artists collectively and as individuals. Her book serves as a timely sociological and cultural overview of the art world in Britain in the decades before World War I.Read More

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    This study examines the origins, development and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910. It analyzes a variety of narrative modes, including gossip, anecdotes, and serialization, as well as the differences among genres (autobiographies, family biographies, biographical histories and dictionaries.) Julie Codell discerns the multiple, often conflicting identities that were ascribed to artists collectively, and as individuals. Her book serves as a timely sociological and cultural overview of the art world in Britain in the decades before World War I.

  • 0521817579
  • 9780521817578
  • Julie F. Codell
  • 14 August 2003
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 392
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