George Eliot and the visual arts / Hugh Witemeyer
1979, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #407129
ISBN: 0300022816
Physical description: xiii, 238 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents: Introduction -- George Eliot's knowledge of the visual arts -- George Eliot's pictorial taste -- George Eliot's theory of Ut Pictura Poesis -- Portraiture and knowledge of character -- History painting and idealization of character -- Genre painting and common life -- Landscape and the beholder -- Frederic Leighton's illustrations of Romola -- Conclusion. Subjects: Eliot, George 1819-1880 Knowledge and learning; Eliot George Kunst; Eliot, George 1819-1880 Knowledge ; Art; Art and literature England History 19th century; Visual perception in literature; Art in literature; Art dans la littérature; Art et littérature Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle; Perception visuelle dans la littérature; Art.
Price: €28.00