Painting the Bible is the first book to investigate the transformations that religious painting underwent in mid-Victorian England. It charts the emergence of a Protestant realist painting in a period of increasing doubt, scientific discovery and biblical criticism. The book analyzes the position of religious painting in academic discourse and assesses the important role Pre-Raphaelite work played in redefining painting for mid-Victorian audiences.
Painting the Bible is the first book to investigate the transformations that religious painting underwent in mid-Victorian England. It charts the emergence of a Protestant realist painting in a period of increasing doubt, scientific discovery and biblical criticism. The book analyzes the position of religious painting in academic discourse and assesses the important role Pre-Raphaelite work played in redefining painting for mid-Victorian audiences.
Michaela Giebelhausen is a lecturer in the Department of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex, UK.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Introduction: Translating the Bible for the age: Themes at once sacred and stale: the problem of religious painting Painting the Bible: issues and methodologies Part I Religious Painting and the High Art Ideal: Tradition, modification and innovation: Under the sanction of a Royal Academy: the lectures of Henry Howard and Charles Robert Leslie The practice of religious painting and the periodical press The case of Benjamin Robert Haydon: the reform of tradition and the quest for public space Charles Lock Eastlake and the undefinable archquality of sentiment Modification and innovation: continental influence and matters of genre Part II The Fascination of Paradox: The Pre-Raphaelite challenge: A kindred simplicity: the search for an expressive language of art Early Pre-Raphaelite work: Giottesque or grotesque? A step too far: the signal for a perfect crusade against the PRB Reading The Carpenter's Shop: a gesture of defiance Part III The Making of William Holman Hunt as the Painter of Christ: Reconfiguring Christ: history, biography, myth Illustrating the Bible: a context for Hunt's pictorial concerns Private motivations: suppressing the religious experience Public narratives: work, art and the figure of Christ as hero Experiencing the East Finding the Saviour, at last The success of the Saviour: a contemporary reaffirmation of faith The spheres of art and religion Epilogue: Ideal subjects glowing with poetry Notes Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction: Translating the Bible for the age: Themes at once sacred and stale: the problem of religious painting Painting the Bible: issues and methodologies Part I Religious Painting and the High Art Ideal: Tradition, modification and innovation: Under the sanction of a Royal Academy: the lectures of Henry Howard and Charles Robert Leslie The practice of religious painting and the periodical press The case of Benjamin Robert Haydon: the reform of tradition and the quest for public space Charles Lock Eastlake and the undefinable archquality of sentiment Modification and innovation: continental influence and matters of genre Part II The Fascination of Paradox: The Pre-Raphaelite challenge: A kindred simplicity: the search for an expressive language of art Early Pre-Raphaelite work: Giottesque or grotesque? A step too far: the signal for a perfect crusade against the PRB Reading The Carpenter's Shop: a gesture of defiance Part III The Making of William Holman Hunt as the Painter of Christ: Reconfiguring Christ: history, biography, myth Illustrating the Bible: a context for Hunt's pictorial concerns Private motivations: suppressing the religious experience Public narratives: work, art and the figure of Christ as hero Experiencing the East Finding the Saviour, at last The success of the Saviour: a contemporary reaffirmation of faith The spheres of art and religion Epilogue: Ideal subjects glowing with poetry Notes Bibliography Index.
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