Alfred Gilbert's aestheticism
Gilbert amongst Whistler, Wilde, Leighton, Pater and Burne-Jones
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Author
Contributions
- Gilbert, Alfred, 1854-1934. - Contributor
Publication
2006 - Lund Humphries, Burlington, VT, Vermont
Language
English
Word Count
73,000 words, Guess
Page Count
292 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3425819M
- ISBN-100754608611
- OCLC Control Number60605281
- Library of Congress Control Number2005049424
- Goodreads1235272
Classifications
- DDC730/.92
- LCCNB997.G55 E37 2006
Description
"Alfred Gilbert's Aestheticism presents the first sustained re-evaluation of the life and work of one of the most acclaimed sculptors of the late Victorian period. Drawing on important new archival sources, this study challenges the customary assumption that Aestheticism was primarily a literary, painterly or architectural phenomena. Jason Edwards reveals both the diverse ways in which Gilbert's sculptures operated within the context of Aestheticism and also how these works provided a unique and provocative commentary on the history of masculine friendship and eroticism in the period leading up to and beyond the Wilde trials in 1895. Detailed readings are offered of the relationship of Gilbert's work to essays by Pater and Swinburne, poems, plays, and novels by Wilde and W. S. Gilbert, and paintings by Burne-Jones, Leighton, Rossetti, Solomon, Whistler, and Watts. With over 90 illustrations, including key contemporary photographs showing Gilbert's works in their original contexts, this book makes a major contribution to the field of Victorian sculpture studies."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings
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