Repainting the work of another into one's own canvas is a deliberate and often highly fraught act of reuse. This book examines the creation, display, and reception of such images. Artists working in nineteenth-century London were in a peculiar position: based in an imperial metropole, yet undervalued by their competitors in continental Europe. Many claimed that Britain had yet to produce a viable national school of art. Using pictures-within-pictures, British painters challenged these claims and asserted their role in an ongoing visual tradition. By transforming pre-existing works of art, they also asserted their own painterly abilities. Recognizing these statements provided viewers with pleasure, in the form of a witty visual puzzle solved, and with prestige, in the form of cultural knowledge demonstrated. At stake for both artist and audience in such exchanges was status: the status of the painter relative to other artists, and the status of the viewer relative to other audience members. By considering these issues, this book demonstrates a new approach to images of historic displays. Through examinations of works by J.M.W. Turner, John Everett Millais, John Scarlett Davis, Emma Brownlow King, and William Powell Frith, this book reveals how these small passages of paint conveyed both personal and national meanings.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781472454690
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220750790
Product Key Features
Author
Catherine Roach
Publication Name
Pictures-Within-Pictures in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
218 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
246mm
Item Width
174mm
Item Weight
839g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Catherine Roach
Series Title
Studies in Art Historiography
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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