1st Edition
Spirituality, Feminism, and Pre-Raphaelitism in Modern British Art and Culture
By Alice Eden
Copyright 2024
232 Pages
8 Color & 34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
8 Color & 34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
8 Color & 34 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book proposes new understandings of modern life in Britain by bringing constructs of female spirituality centre stage and examining three ‘forgotten’ artists identified with the Pre-Raphaelites and Victorianism.
Thomas Cooper Gotch, Robert Anning Bell and Frederick Cayley Robinson are resituated squarely within the tumultuous social and cultural changes of the period. Becoming visible... Read more
1. ‘The Potent Suggestion of a Spiritual Force’: Feminism, Pre-Raphaelitism, the Late Nineteenth-Century ‘Gender Crisis’ and the Forgotten Paintings of Thomas Cooper Gotch 2. ‘Out into the Sun’: Amazons, Suffragettes and Women Outdoors, with Reference to Paintings by Robert Anning Bell 3. Frederick Cayley Robinson, a Forgotten Modern British Artist: Modernity, Symbolist Interiors and Spiritual Viewing 4. Frederick Cayley Robinson: Modern Life, Spiritual Expectancy and ‘The Face of a Woman’
Biography
Alice Eden is a cultural historian, writer and curator.
