Painting antiquity : ancient Egypt in the art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long

1. Verfasser: Moser, Stephanie , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Oxford University Press, [2020].
Umfang/Format: xxv, 596 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Schlagworte:
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, > 1836-1912 > Criticism and interpretation.
Long, Edwin Longsden, > 1829-1891 > Criticism and interpretation.
Poynter, Edward John, > 1836-1919 > Criticism and interpretation.
Antiquities in art.
Archaeology and art.
Painting, British > 19th century > Themes, motives.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Antiquity in the art of Alma-Tadema, Poynter and Long : background, training and appraisals
  • Embracing antiquity : the early Egyptian works of Alma-Tadema and Poynter
  • 'Something more than painting' : Alma-Tadema, Poynter and the establishment of archaeological genre painting
  • Evoking antiquity with heart and mind : Alma-Tadema's and Poynter's Egyptian paintings of the 1870s
  • A fascination for 'local colour' : Edwin Long and the customs of ancient Egypt
  • From genre to spectacle : Alma-Tadema's return to Egypt
  • The currency of objects : artistic, historical and cultural contexts of archaeological genre painting in Britain
  • Objects and images : Egyptological and archaeological sources for British archaeological genre painting
  • Learned artistry : the methods and preparatory materials of Alma-Tadema, Poynter and Long
  • 'A new type of beauty' : critical reception of archaeological genre painting in the nineteenth century
  • Rise and fall : critical reception of archaeological genre painting in the new century.

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