James Smetham : artist, author, Pre-Raphaelite associate

Author(s)

• Casteras, Susan P.

Bibliographic Information

James Smetham : artist, author, Pre-Raphaelite associate

Susan P. Casteras

Scolar Press , Ashgate, c1995

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-188) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is an assessment of James Smetham, the author and artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. Biographical information is also supplied.

Table of Contents

• "With life's strange burdens much opprest" - an introduction to James Smetham. "A path to tread" - a biographical overview of Smetham's life and career
• "Something rescued from the form of oblivion" - Smetham's squaring, monumentalism and ventilation
• "A puzzling posture in the Universe" - Smetham as artist and Methodist
• "One of the reliefs of life" - Smetham the poet
• "Full of restless variety": - Smetham's impressions of contemporary literary and artistic worlds
• "Friends in council" - William Davies, John Ruskin and Frederick J. Shields
• "A niche in the charmed circle" - Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite circle
• painted sermons - scriptural subjects and "idylls in oil"
• "murder crowing in the press" - criticism, audiences, and studio life
• "all very serious art is dreadfully dependent upon money" - the art market and patronage
• "glittering fragments" - the final years
• "for love of beauty, not applause" - Smetham in context.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA28174307
• ISBN:
  • 1859281036
• LCCN: 94027581
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [London],Brookfield, Vt.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 193 p., [4] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ND497.S54
  • DC20 : 759.2
  • DC20 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Smetham, James, 1821-1889
  • LCSH : Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • LCSH : Romanticism in art -- Great Britain