E.A. Hornel: From Camera to Canvas
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E.A. Hornel: From Camera to Canvas by Ben Reiss
Photography was crucial for E. A. Hornel (1864–1933). From 1891 to the end of his career, he built up an extensive photographic collection that was key in making him a successful painter. By analysing this collection, we can examine his ways of working more closely and reveal the attitudes that lie behind his paintings. Of particular importance in this regard are the photographs he took or collected in Japan during his visit in 1893–94, and the experiences he had in the country. This book focuses particularly on the Japanese aspect of Hornel’s photography collection. The book's contributors discuss Hornel's experiences in Japan in 1893–94, the photographs he collected there and the wider context in which he worked. By undertaking analysis of Hornel’s Japanese photographs – as well as his wider photographic collection, his paintings, his Japanese books and his home of Broughton House – the contributors explore how these elements subsequently affected everything from his way of painting to the design of his garden.'Provides a fresh insight into a Scottish painter admired by manyLavishly illustrated with many of Hornel’s best-known works and some less familiar. Readers with a specific interesting the history of art, photography and Scottish painting, meanwhile, will find this a book in which to immerse themselves'
-- David Pratt * Herald *'Stylishly designed and accessibly written for a diverse readership, the book’s multi-authored and multi-disciplinary format presents a kaleidoscopic and authoritative perspective on British Japonisme at the turn of the 19th century'
* Journal of the Scottish Society of Art History *Ben Reiss is the Morton Photography Project Curator at the National Trust for Scotland.
Antonia Laurence-Allen is Curator for the Edinburgh & East Region and the Morton Photography Project Lead at the National Trust for Scotland.
Jennifer Melville is the Head of Curatorial & Conservation Services at the National Trust for Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780276816 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780276818 |
| Title | E.A. Hornel: From Camera to Canvas |
| Author | Ben Reiss |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2020-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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