Art in the Age of Queen Victoria
Subtitle: Treasures from the Royal Academy of Arts Permanent Collection
Contributors: MaryAnne Stevens (Editor); Julian Treuherz (Editor)
Publisher: Yale University Press; Royal Academy of Arts in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London
Published: June 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780300079975
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms; Exhibition Catalogs; Art; Art & Art Instruction; British Isles; Europe; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum; European; Art / History / European; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; 19th century; Art, British; Art, Victorian; Catalogs; England; Great Britain; London
Description: This volume celebrates the artists and subjects of Britain's Victorian Age. The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 until 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain. This collection draws on paintings and sculpture from the permanent collection of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, providing an overview of the most important artists of the period. Eminent scholars offer insights into their artistic subjects, styles, and techniques, as well as into the role of the Royal Academy in the age of Queen Victoria. More than 70 works of art are cataloged in depth. This book also includes biographies of the artists featured, each illustrated with a contemporary photograph.