William Etty : art & controversy
2011, 1st edition. London : Philip Wilson Publishers in association with York Museums Trust. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #390427
Physical description: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the York Art Gallery, York, Eng., June 25, 2011-Jan. 22, 2012. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Painting the nude and 'inflicting divine vengeance on the wicked' / Sarah Burnage -- 'Something too academical': the problem with Etty / Martin Myrone -- Etty and the masters / Richard Green -- Intimacy and distance: physicality, race and paint in Etty's 'The wrestlers' / Sarah Victoria Turner -- Queer and now: on Etty's 'Autobiography' (1849) and 'Male nude with arms up-stretched' (c. 1830) / Jason Edwards -- History painting and the critics -- Etty and the masters -- The life class -- Portraiture. Subjects: Etty, William 1787-1849; Exhibitions; York City Art Gallery (York, England); Painting, English; 19th Century United Kingdom; Art and Design; Nude in art-Exhibitions.
Price: €225.00