Victorian Panorama by Christopher Wood

Victorian Panorama by Christopher Wood

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A study of Victorian "modern life" paintings in their social and historical context, giving a comprehensive picture of Victorian society, manners and morals. The author's other works include "Dictionary of Victorian Painters" and a work on Tissot.

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Victorian Panorama by Christopher Wood

Victorian "modern life" paintings gives a comprehensive picture of a formative age. Developing from the historical and literary styles of the 1830s and 1840s, this precise, realistic genre reached its zenith between 1850 and 1870 before photography had become widely popular, and is a main source of visual documentation for a considerable portion of Victoria's reign. The paintings show not merely how the painters looked at life but how the Victorians in general looked at themselves. Christopher Wood's book is a study of the paintings and their social and historical background. It is an examination of the manners and morals of Victorian society. The 269 illustrations include some of the best paintings available by artists of every school from Frith and Hicks to Ford Madox Ford and Millais, many of them never published before, and arranged according to subject matter throughout.
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ISBN 13 9780571143757
ISBN 10 057114375X
Title Victorian Panorama
Author Christopher Wood
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 1990-02-19
Number of pages 260
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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