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Problem Pictures: Women and Men in Victorian Painting
Pamelagerrish Nunn
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Description for Problem Pictures: Women and Men in Victorian Painting
Paperback. Series: Nineteenth Century. BIC Classification: ACVC; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
During the Victorian period there developed a new anxiety about male-female relations and roles in modern society, as described by a member of the Athenaeum in 1858, ’the distinction of man and woman, their separate as well as their joint rights, begins to occupy the attention of our whole community, and with no small effect’. These essays examine Victorian painting in the light of this 'woman question' by analysing the change in representation of the family, romance, social issues such as emigration and colonialism, the use of the female nude and the traditions of portraiture, history-painting and ... Read more
During the Victorian period there developed a new anxiety about male-female relations and roles in modern society, as described by a member of the Athenaeum in 1858, ’the distinction of man and woman, their separate as well as their joint rights, begins to occupy the attention of our whole community, and with no small effect’. These essays examine Victorian painting in the light of this 'woman question' by analysing the change in representation of the family, romance, social issues such as emigration and colonialism, the use of the female nude and the traditions of portraiture, history-painting and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
Series
Nineteenth Century
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138269019
SKU
V9781138269019
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Problem Pictures: Women and Men in Victorian Painting
’Pamela Gerrish Nunn is to be praised for her examination of various types of problem pictures for Victorian women artists and general viewers’ Women Artist News Book Review ’Problem Pictures is wide-ranging in its scope, opening up a number of new areas while pursuing a consistent theme. Many ’lost’ paintings are brought into the scholarly arena...a pioneering study’ ... Read more