Jason Edwards

Alfred Gilbert's Aestheticism

Gilbert Amongst Whistler, Wilde, Leighton, Pater and Burne-Jones

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Produktbeschreibung

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 archival sources, this ground-breaking 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781138263659
• ISBN-10: 1138263656
• Artikelnr.: 57042174

Autorenporträt

Jason Edwards is Lecturer in Art History at the University of York, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: Alfred Gilbert's Aestheticism
A portrait of the artist as a young aesthete: Perseus Arming (1882) and 'Grosvenor' Aestheticism
Icarus (1884): 'academic' Aestheticism at Leighton and Burlington House
Allegorizing love in fin-de-siècle London: Eros (1886-93) and Piccadilly Aestheticism
The truth of masks: Comedy and Tragedy: 'Sic Vita' (1892)
From Cleveland Street to Bruges: the Clarence Memorial Tomb (1892-99)
Conclusion: G. F. Watts and the end of Gilbert's Aestheticism, 1899-1903
Bibliography
Index.