Author: Mrs. Russell BarringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton
Author: Mrs. Russell BarringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton (Complete)
Author: Mrs. Russell BarringtonPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 146556120X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
The Works of John Ruskin
Author: John RuskinThe Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Mrs. Russell BarringtonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331601909
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Excerpt from The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton, Vol. 1 of 2 Ten years and more have passed since Leighton died, yet it is still difficult to get sufficiently far away, to take in the whole of his life and being in their just proportion to the world in which he lived. When we are in Rome, hemmed in by narrow streets, St. Peter's is invisible; once across that wonderful Cam pagna and mounting the slopes of Frascati, there, like a huge pearl gleaming in the light, rises the dome of the Mother Church. As distance gives the true relation between a lofty building and its suburbs, so time alone can decide the height Of the pedestal on which to place the great. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Works of John Ruskin: The letters of John Ruskin
Author: John RuskinThe Anglo-Florentines
Author: Diana WebbPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350136026
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
This book looks at the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and some aristocratic; a few were writers or artists; the British clergy and physicians who ministered to them were gentlemen. Many others were shopkeepers, merchants and even engineers. Some achieved a more profound knowledge of the country (and its language) than others, but all were affected to some degree by the momentous events which led to Italian unification.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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Rodin
Author: Claudine MitchellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351550667
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The expression 'the Zola of Sculpture' was coined in the circles of the Royal Academy in the 1880s as a term of abuse. Rodin: 'The Zola of Sculpture' reveals how the appraisal of Rodin in British culture was shaped by controversies around the literary models of Zola and Baudelaire, in a period when negative notions about French culture were being progressively transformed into positive expressions of modern sculpture. Embedded within this collaborative book is the editor's proposition that Rodin came to play an important role in the cultural politics of the Entente Cordiale at a critical juncture of European history. Encompassing new scholarship in several disciplines, drawn from both sides of the Channel, Rodin: 'The Zola of Sculpture' offers the first in-depth account of Rodin's career in Britain in the period 1880-1914 and weaves this historical trajectory into a complex investigation of the interactions between French and British cultures. The authors examine the cultural agencies in which conceptions of Rodin's practice played a defining role, dealing in turn with artists' professional associations, art criticism, private and public collectors and the education of women sculptors.
Hollywood's Ancient Worlds
Author: Jeffrey RichardsPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826435386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Jeffrey Richards examines the cultural, social, economic and technological circumstances that dictated the rise and decline of each successive cycle of Ancient World epics, from the silent film era, to the "golden age" of the 1950s, right up to the present day (Gladiator, 300, Rome). Analysis reveals that historical films are always as much about the time in which they are made as they are about the time in which they are set. The ancient world is often used to deliver messages to the contemporary audience about the present: hostility to totalitarian regimes both Fascist and Communist, concern at the decline of Christianity, support for the new state of Israel, celebrations of equality and democracy, and concern about changing gender roles. The whole adds up to a fresh look at a body of films that people think they know, but about which they will learn a good deal more.
Modern English Biography
Author: Frederic BoasePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description