Painted Men in Britain, 1868-1918: Royal Academicians and Masculinities

ISBN-13: 9781138279346 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 196 str.

Jongwoo Jeremy Kim

Opis

Painted Men in Britain, 1868-1918 analyzes transgressions of gender and sexuality as represented in paintings by Leighton, Sargent, Tuke and their contemporaries in the Royal Academy. The book argues against the misconception of British academic art as merely reactionary and even blind to the dynamism of its own time; instead, this art is shown to engage with broader social attitudes and contemporary sexual debates.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Picturing masculinities in the Orient: Frederic Leighton; The gentleman's body and class anxiety: Fildes, Holl and Herkomer; The utopia of inverts: Henry Scott Tuke; Masculine death: John Singer Sargent; Conclusion: man's body; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Jongwoo Jeremy Kim is Associate Professor of Art History at the Hite Art Institute, the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Louisville, USA.