The Essence of Art

Victorian Advice on the Practice of Painting

Craig Harrison

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Routledge
05 June 2019

Theory of art; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings

Series: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1999, this book asks what kind of advice was available to somebody wishing to embark upon oil painting in England between 1850 and 1900.

It is a fascinating collection of Victorian instruction on how and what to paint, linked to crucial advice about art, its meaning and its relation to contemporary life, given by practising artists, important and often popular in their time, but whose lectures and writings are long overdue for reappraisal: Leslie, Hamerton, O’Neil, Poynter, Watts, Leighton, Armitage, Quilter and Herkomer.

Here, beyond the familiar voices of Ruskin, Whistler and Pater, we have a whole range of experience from an age in which issues about painting were hotly debated by large numbers of people: professional artists, amateurs, critics, gallery-goers and Academy students. This anthology brings back to life the humour, seriousness, ambitions, eccentricities and controversies of people whose work shaped the nature of mainstream Victorian art.

Edited by: Craig Harrison
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781138342231
ISBN 10: 1138342238
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 177
Publication Date: 05 June 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. C.R. Leslie. 2. Mrs Jonathan Foster. 3. Philip Gilbert Hamerton. 4. Commission of Inquiry into the Royal Academy: 1863. 5. H.N. O’Neil. 6. E.J. Poynter. 7. G.F. Watts. 8. Frederic Leighton. 9. Edward Armitage. 10. Harry Quilter. 11. Hubert von Herkomer.

Craig Harrison