xii, 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Holdings:
Reference Library N72.S3 H45 2016 (LC)
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index."Investigates why nineteenth-century British painters and photographers as diverse as the Pre-Raphaelites, P.H. Emerson, and Augustus John pursued truth to nature, and how contemporary science and philosophy informed their artistic practice and the critical reception of their work"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Truth to nature and the "innocent eye" -- John Everett Millais and John Brett : the rise of imagination and the crisis of Pre-Raphaelitism -- P.H. Emerson and George Clausen : renouncing the quest -- Neorealism : truth to nature in modernist critical debate.
Subject Terms:
Art and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Nature (Aesthetics) | Photography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Painting, British -- 19th century. | Pre-Raphaelitism -- Great Britain.