Painting the nation : identity and nationalism in Scottish painting, 1800-1920 / John Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, John, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Scottish--19th century.

Painting, Scottish.

Painting, Scottish--20th century.

History in art.

Nationalism in art.

Landscape painting, Scottish.

Physical Description:

xiv, 257 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Identity and nationalism in Scottish painting, 1800-1920

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Integrating art and history in ways that reveal as much about the paintings as the time when they were painted, Morrison shows that painting was a barometer of the tensions between Scotland's idea of itself as a nation and its position within the U.K. Morrison reveals political meanings not only in depictions of great moments in history, but in the whole range of Scottish painting from images of everyday life to romantic landscapes of crags and lochs. We see how artists could in the same painting, display pride in the British nation and celebrate Scotland's difference. Icons such as Robert Bruce and Glencoe and the runic carvings of the Picts take on new meaning as symbols of a nationalism bound to unionism. In addition to the work of artists such as Sir David Wilkie, Horatio McCulloch, Sir George Harvey, George Paul Chalmers, and Sir James Guthrie, less well-known paintings such as G. P. Chalmer's End of Harvest and W. D. McKay's Winter Morning are explored.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-250) and index.

ISBN:

0748616012

0748616020

OCLC:

51993124