An Indolent and Blundering Art?: The Etching Revival and the Redefinition of Etching in England

ISBN-13: 9781138314672 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 294 str.

Emma Chambers

Opis

First published in 1999, Chambers explores English etching changed that radically during the nineteenth century, opening with a description of the use of language and art criticism to redefine etching.

Spis treści

1. From Chemical Process to the Aesthetics of Omissions: Etching and the Languages of Art Criticism in Nineteenth Century England.  2. Private Sociability Verses Professional Staus : Etching Clubs and Societies in Nineteenth Century England.  3. Objects of Desire: Etching and Print Collecting.  4. Medium and Message: Etching and the Illustrated Book.  5. Etching From Nature: Urban Texts and Tourism.  6. Exhibition Culture: The Luxury Commodity and the Status of Etching in the Late Nineteenth Century.

O autorze

Emma Chambers is Curator of Modern British Art at Tate Britain.