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The Grosvenor Gallery Exhibitions: Change and Continuity in the Victorian Art World
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Grosvenor Gallery Exhibitions: Change and Continuity in the Victorian Art World
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Christopher Newall
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| Series | Art Patrons and Public |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:196 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 242,Width 190 |
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| Category/Genre | Art and design styles - c 1800 to c 1900
Museum, historic sites, gallery and art guides |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521612128
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| Classifications | Dewey:708.2132 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | General | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
12 Halftones, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
11 November 2004 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Grosvenor Gallery was the most progressive exhibition space of the Victorian age. The paintings and works of art shown there - by Burne-Jones, Watts, Whistler and a host of other figures associated with the aesthetic movement - challenged artistic convention and were the cause of virulent debate about the means and purpose of modern art, while the very existence of a gallery which attracted so much fashionable attention and which lent such great prestige to the artists who exhibited there served to overthrow the stultifying influence of the contemporary Royal Academy. Christopher Newall's book tells the story of the rise and fall of the Grosvenor Gallery, and his invaluable index of exhibitors, compiled from the now very rare original catalogues, allows the reader to discover which artists showed which works and what they were during the fourteen years of the Grosvenor's summer exhibitions.
Reviews"For anyone interested in the Victorian art world there could hardly be a more welcome book." Studies in English Literature
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