Intrepid Women
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Intrepid Women
Victorian Artists Travel
Pomeroy, Jordana
Taylor & Francis Ltd
12/2005
192
Dura
Inglês
9780754650720
15 a 20 dias
Drawing upon sketches, paintings, and photographs, this book examines the art by Victorian women. Through a collection of essays, it presents evidence that women overcame institutional as well as cultural obstacles to improve their artistic skills and to use their art to convey worlds most British citizens would never see for themselves.
Contents: Preface; Introduction: Women's artistic passages, Dianne Sachko Macleod; With palettes, pencils, and parasols: Victorian women artists traverse the Empire, Susan P. Casteras; Borders and boundaries, perspectives and place: Victorian women's travel writing, Maria H. Frawley; 'We Got Upon Our Elephant & Went Out After Subjects': Capturing the World in Watercolor, Jordana Pomeroy; 'A dream of beauty': inscribing the English garden in Victorian India, Romita Ray; Women and the Natural World: Expanding Horizons at Home, Ann B. Shteir; Shifting continents, shifting species: Louisa Anne Meredith at 'home' in Tasmania, Barbara T. Gates; Emma Macpherson in the 'blacks' camp' and other Australian interludes: a Scottish lady artist's tour in New South Wales in 1856-57, Caroline Jordan; Cameron's colonized Eden: picturesque politics at the edge of the Empire, Jeff Rosen; Selected bibliography; Index.
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Drawing upon sketches, paintings, and photographs, this book examines the art by Victorian women. Through a collection of essays, it presents evidence that women overcame institutional as well as cultural obstacles to improve their artistic skills and to use their art to convey worlds most British citizens would never see for themselves.
Contents: Preface; Introduction: Women's artistic passages, Dianne Sachko Macleod; With palettes, pencils, and parasols: Victorian women artists traverse the Empire, Susan P. Casteras; Borders and boundaries, perspectives and place: Victorian women's travel writing, Maria H. Frawley; 'We Got Upon Our Elephant & Went Out After Subjects': Capturing the World in Watercolor, Jordana Pomeroy; 'A dream of beauty': inscribing the English garden in Victorian India, Romita Ray; Women and the Natural World: Expanding Horizons at Home, Ann B. Shteir; Shifting continents, shifting species: Louisa Anne Meredith at 'home' in Tasmania, Barbara T. Gates; Emma Macpherson in the 'blacks' camp' and other Australian interludes: a Scottish lady artist's tour in New South Wales in 1856-57, Caroline Jordan; Cameron's colonized Eden: picturesque politics at the edge of the Empire, Jeff Rosen; Selected bibliography; Index.
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