Fairies in Victorian Art - Christopher Wood
In an utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected. - Charles Dickens.
KORTE INHOUD
The golden age of fairy painting lasted between 1840-1870 when fairies found expression in most of the Victorian arts - paintings, illustration, literature, theatre, ballet and music. The Victorians wanted desperately to believe in fairies because they represented a way to escape the intolerable reality of living in an unromantic, materialistic and scientific age. Fairy painting had a strong literary background. The books of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen perfected the Victorian consciousness. Shakespeare was an even more important source in particular with The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Another influence was the Victorian obsession with the supernatural, spiritualism and the unseen world.
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2000Uitgever: Antique Collector's Club192 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1851493360ISBN-13: 9781851493364Koop dit boek tweedehands
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