The idea of the English landscape painter : genius as Alibi in the early nineteenth century / Kay Dian Kriz.

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Kriz, Kay Dian, 1945-

Title & Author:

The idea of the English landscape painter : genius as Alibi in the early nineteenth century / Kay Dian Kriz.

Publication:

Description:

x, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-182) and index.
1. The Crisis of the English School and the Question of Genre -- 2. Of Old Masters, French Glitter, and English Nature -- 3. The Domestic Landscape as Contested Ground: Amateur Dabblers versus Native Geniuses -- 4. The Imaginative Genius, the "Poverty of Landscape," and Associated Pleasures -- 5. Genius as Alibi.

Summary:

English landscape painting changed dramatically during the time of Turner and Girtin - the new style of painting was seen as more natural and expressive of the imagination and character of the artist himself. The new artistic "geniuses" were hailed by critics as shining stars of a truly English school of landscape painting. In this book, Dian Kriz critically examines the emergence of the Romantic concept of the landscape genius, arguing that it was a category produced by critics, painters, and the public in opposition to other ways of thinking about the artist in the period around 1800. She places the artistic genius of the (male) landscape painter in relation to the (female) amateur, the connoisseur, the decadent Frenchman, and the entrepreneur.

ISBN:

0300068336 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300068337 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscape painting, English 19th century.
Landscape painting, English.
Landscape painting England 19th century.
Landscape painting, English England 19th century.
Peinture de paysages anglaise.
Peinture de paysages Angleterre 19e siècle.
Peinture de paysages anglaise 19e siècle.
Peinture de paysages anglaise Angleterre 19e siècle.
Landscape painting
Landschapschilderkunst.
Landscape painting 19th century Great Britain.
England

Holdings:

Location: Library main 135465
Call No.: ID ND1354.5.K75; ID:97-B742
Status: Available

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