Dickens and the artists / edited by Mark Bills ; with contributions by Pat Hardy, Leonée Ormond, Nicholas Penny and Hilary Underwood.
Published / Created:
New Haven : Yale University Press ; c2012.Compton : In association with Watts Gallery, c2012.
Physical Description:
xi, 188 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Dickens and the Artists has been written to accompany the exhibition of the same name at Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey, from 19 June until 18 October 2012.
Contents:
Part the first: Dickens as art critic. Dickens and philistinism / Nicholas Penny -- Dickens and contemporary art / Leonée Ormond -- Part the second: The influence of Dickens on the artists. 'Little Nell without laughing': Dickens subjects in Victorian art / Hilary Underwood -- Dickens and the painting of modern life / Mark Bills -- Dickens and social realists: 'too real to be pleasant' / Pat Hardy.
Subject Terms:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 -- Friends and associates. | Art, Victorian -- Great Britain -- Themes, motives. | Art and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Contributors:
Bills, Mark, editor of compilation. | Watts Gallery.