The essence of art : Victorian advice on the practice of painting / edited by Craig Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Craig.

Series:

Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)

The nineteenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Victorian--Technique.

Painting, Victorian.

Technique.

Painting, Victorian--Great Britain.

Art criticism--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Local Subjects:

Painting, Victorian--Great Britain.

Art criticism--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

vi, 175 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, [1999]

Contents:

1 / C. R. Leslie 14

Handbook for Young Painters: 1855 15

2 / Mrs Jonathan Foster 19

Suggestions of Subject to the Student in Art: 1856 21

3 / Philip Gilbert Hamerton 25

A Painter's Camp: 1862 27

Thoughts About Art: 1861, revised 1873 30

The Graphic Arts: 1882 50

4 / Commission of Inquiry into the Royal Academy: 1863 52

Minutes of Evidence: G. F. Watts 52

Other Evidence to the Commission 57

5 / H. N. O'Neil 59

Lectures on Painting: 1866 60

6 / E. J. Poynter 68

Ten Lectures on Art: 1879 68

Directions for Oil Painting: 1875-81 71

Extracts from Ten Lectures on Art: 1879 72

7 / G. F. Watts 89

His Writings: 1863-92 89

The Present Conditions of Art: 1879 91

Thoughts on Art: 1889 92

Notes on Palette and Technique: 1892 94

8 / Frederic Leighton 97

Address Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy: 1881 99

9 / Edward Armitage 105

Lectures on Painting: 1883 107

10 / Harry Quilter 127

Sententiae Artis: 1886 129

Preferences in Art, Life and Literature: 1892 133

11 / Hubert von Herkomer 146

My School and My Gospel: 1908 148

1 Palettes of Victorian Artists: 1879 156

2 Rules of the Royal Academy Schools: 1899 158

3 Examination Papers for Elementary Teachers in Art: 1907-09 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-170) and index.

ISBN:

1840142677

OCLC:

40646541