Tudor liveliness : vivid art in post-Reformation England / Christina J. Faraday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faraday, Christina J., Author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Tudor.

Art, English--16th century.

Art, English.

Art, English--17th century.

Realism in art.

Material culture--England--History.

Material culture.

tudor.

realism (artistic form of expression).

Physical Description:

ix, 198 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Vivid art in post-Reformation England

Place of Publication:

London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2023.

Summary:

In Tudor and Jacobean England, visual art was often termed 'lively'. This word was used to describe the full range of visual and material culture - from portraits to funeral monuments, book illustrations to tapestry. To a modern viewer, this claim seems perplexing: what could 'liveliness' have meant in a culture with seemingly little appreciation for illusionistic naturalism? And in a period supposedly characterised by fear of idolatry, how could 'liveliness' have been a good thing? In this wide-ranging and innovative book, Christina Faraday excavates a uniquely Tudor model of vividness: one grounded in rhetorical techniques for creating powerful mental images for audiences. By drawing parallels with the dominant communicative framework of the day, Tudor Liveliness sheds new light on a lost mode of Tudor art criticism and appreciation, revealing how objects across a vast range of genres and contexts were taking part in the same intellectual and aesthetic conversations. By resurrecting a lost model for art theory, Faraday re-enlivens the vivid visual and material culture of Tudor and Jacobean England, recovering its original power to move, impress and delight.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Liveliness

Chapter 2. Liveliness in the church

Chapter 3. Portraiture

Chapter 4. Portrait miniatures

Chapter 5. Book illustrations

Chapter 6. Liveliness in the home

. Epilogue : Liveliness and exploration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781913107376

191310737X

OCLC:

1370615111

Publisher Number:

99994975000