Victorian Photography, Painting and Poetry: The Enigma of Visibility in Ruskin, Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Victorian Photography, Painting and Poetry: The Enigma of Visibility in Ruskin, Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) Book

This book discusses the intersections between Victorian literature, painting and photography. It examines in detail the art theory of Ruskin, the early poetry of William Morris, paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites, and nineteenth-century photography from the perspective of contemporary developments in the understanding of visual perception.Read More

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    This book explores the intersections between Victorian literature, painting and photography. Taking as a starting point mid-nineteenth-century developments in the understanding of visual perception, Lindsay Smith examines the representation of a pervasive desire for a literal understanding of the process of seeing and perceiving. This is played out in the aesthetic theory of John Ruskin, the early poetry of William Morris, paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites, and in the photographic technique of combination printing. She demonstrates how the novel presence of the camera in nineteenth-century culture not only transforms acts of looking, but also affects major social, aesthetic and philosophical categories. By exploring the intricacies of photographic discourse she shows how Ruskin and Morris produce a critique of the earlier Cartesian perspectival model of vision.

  • 0521054680
  • 9780521054683
  • Lindsay Smith
  • 28 January 2008
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 264
  • 1
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