Prospects, Thresholds and Interiors
Prospects, Thresholds and Interiors
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USDThis catalog accompanies an exhibition of watercolors from the National Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. A selection of one hundred works are illustrated and discussed, ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century and showing the wealth and variety of this often neglected sphere of British painting. Through a critical reading of the works, Johnson examines and challenges notions of the relations between painting and history, criticism and theory.
- Published to coincide with an exhibition of Watercolours from the National Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 26th January until 15th May
- Contains some of the finest examples of British watercolours by Turner, Cotman, Gainsborough, etc and ranging from 1750–1950
- New and innovative approach to the subject reflecting the latest concerns in art history
Product details
February 1994Paperback
9780521449274
270 pages
275 × 217 × 22 mm
1.176kg
100 b/w illus. 16 colour illus.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Events on the horizon
- 2. Surveying the city
- 3. Domains of drama
- 4. Prospects of the past
- 5. Thresholds of the domestic
- 6. Thresholds of the foreign
- 7. Picturesque prospects
- 8. Varieties of Victorian prospects
- 9. Various thresholds: Flower paintings and still life subjects
- 10. Prospects and interiors post 1900.
