William Holman Hunt

Painter, Painting, Paint

Carol Jacobi, Bethan Hirst

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English

Manchester University Press
30 October 2006

Art & design styles: Pre-Raphaelite art; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

This is a fundamental reassessment of the work of William Holman Hunt, and the first critical text to reproduce his pictures in colour and set him on an international stage. Introducing a new critique of the autobiography and drawing on hundreds of private letters, drawings and paintings, the author depicts a radical man of his times, deeply troubled by the pivotal concerns of the materialist age - the isolation of the individual, the collapse of faith and the status of art - and seeking solutions through a systematic testing of the extremes of painting. A close examination of the pictures, including neglected later works, combined with recent scientific research relate the physical act of painting, and the paint, back to the body of the artist.

Lavishly illustrated and engagingly written, this book answers the longstanding lack of any monograph on Hunt and will make compelling reading for undergraduate and graduate students of History of Art, Victorian Studies, English Literature and Religious Studies, as well as curators, conservators and the artist's many admirers. -- .

By: Carol Jacobi
Other: Bethan Hirst
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 907g
ISBN: 9780719072888
ISBN 10: 0719072883
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 30 October 2006
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Plates List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Autobiography: experience & interpretation 2. Belief: seen & unseen landscapes 3. Self-image: child & prophet 4. Death: materialism & mysticism 5. Practice: materials & technique 6. Eye: Object & image 7. Design: icon & symbol 8. Painting: design & mimesis 9. Body: Painter, painting and paint Conclusion Bibliography -- .

Carol Jacobi is Associate Lecturer in the Department of Art, Film and Visual Media, Birkbeck College and teaches History of Art at Westminster School -- .