Altholz, Josef L. The Mind and Art of Victorian England. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, This collection of essays focuses on how the Victorian model of art, aesthetics, literature, and politics set the stage for British culture and had an influence that lasted beyond the turn of the 20th century. Poetry, science, art, architecture, politics, and history are examined with a multidisciplinary approach. Brosch, Renate, and Rebecca Pohl, eds. Victorian Visual Culture. Taking a broad survey of visual culture in the 19th century, this collection looks beyond painting to photography, theater, and emerging film technologies.
The essays also attempt to explain how new methods of production revolutionized the way Victorians perceived the world and impacted political and ideological contexts. Corbett, David Peters, and Lara Perry, eds.
All students on the programme are also encouraged to attend the regular Nineteenth-Century Studies Reading Group meetings and the research seminars organised by the Centre for Victorian Studies. Students are developing an awareness of the emotions in themselves and others. They attend to and respond to key word instructions. Students become familiar with simple strategies to structure and understand the world and thinking. The emphasis in Level B is on the significant places in which they live and what they do in each place.
English Art, — Modern Artists and Identity. Writers in this collection of essays argue that Victorian art can be defined as modern by its break with traditional subject matter and artistic practice and by its influence on French impressionism. Flint, Kate. The Victorians and the Visual Imagination. Paxman, Jeremy. The Victorians: Britain through the Paintings of the Age.
London: BBC Books, Paxman published this look at the Victorian age to coincide with the BBC series of the same title, which he also presented. By exploring various paintings and art movements of the Victorian period, Paxman is also able to analyze themes of family, industry, British colonialism, and urbanization.
Spear, Jeffrey. Edited by Patrick Brantlinger and William B. Thesing, — Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture.
Malden, MA: Blackwell, In the comprehensive Blackwell Companion , Spear takes a broad look at how visual culture evolved over the 19th century. Topics are as diverse as the establishment of a national art gallery, Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic revolutions, and the impact of technological innovations in photography and the Great Exhibition. Victorian Web. One of the best online resources on Victorian visual culture.
Includes essays, book excerpts, illustrations, paintings, biographies, and bibliographies on subjects varying from painting and periodical engravings to architecture, fashion, and photography. Wood, Christopher. Victorian Painting.
London: Bulfinch, Early chapters about major movements and painters cover familiar ground for seasoned scholars. Later chapters are more topical and interesting, devoted to such topics as medievalism and domesticity. Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content on this page. Please subscribe or login. Oxford Bibliographies Online is available by subscription and perpetual access to institutions. Link Either by signing into your account or linking your membership details before your order is placed.
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