Erewhons of the eye : Samuel Butler as painter, photographer, and art critic
1988, 1st Edition. London: Reaktion Books. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #245710
ISBN: 0948462019
Physical description: xxii, 334 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-26) and index. Contents: Partial contents 1. 'Wild and tame eyesight' : Butler's career as a painter -- 2. Resighting the Renaissance in Italy : Alps and sanctuaries, Ex voto, and Verdi prati -- 3. Victorian Hellenism and The Authoress of the Odyssey -- 4. The ignorant eye : photography and the future. Subjects: Butler, Samuel (British painter and photographer, 1835-1902) — Criticism and intepretation — Contributions in art criticism. Contributions in painting — Contributions in photography — Criticism and interpretation. Referenced by: Portrait Index, Heinz Archive & Library, National Portrait Gallery, London. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated.
Price: €14.95