The age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones & Watts : symbolism in Britain, 1860-1910

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The age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones & Watts : symbolism in Britain, 1860-1910

edited by Andrew Wilton and Robert Upstone ; with contributions by Barbara Bryant ... [et al.]

Tate Gallery Publishing, 1997

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The age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones and Watts

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Exhibition at Tate Gallery, London, 16 October 1997 - 4 January 1998, and touring to: Haus der Kunst, Munich, 30 January - 26 April 1998, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 15 May - 30 August 1998

Bibliography: p.294-299

Includes index

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Volume

: hc ISBN 9781854371966

Description

European symbolism has been much investigate, and some British exponents of the movement have been given a place in those accounts. But it has always been assumed that Symbolism was essentially a Continental phenomenon, having only marginal links with what happened in Great Britain in the late 19th century. This text reverses that view by focusing on key British artists, some of whom predate their Continental colleagues in dealing with the characteristic themes of Symbolism and showing their close links with European centres such as Brussels and Paris. Often the Europeans were a decade or more behind their British counterparts, and it has been overlooked that both Watts and Burne-Jones exhibited in Paris to critical acclaim, that the young Picasso was an ardent admirer of Burne-Jones and that Fernand Khnopff wrote articles for "The Studio". There was in fact a far greater exchange of ideas between British and Continental artists than at first might be imagined. This catalogue examines the major themes of Symbolist art and includes important works by Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Watts, Whistler, Beardsley, Khnopff, Moreau, Klimt and Picasso.

Table of Contents

  • Continental links, MaryAnn Stevens
  • G.F Watts, Barbara Bryant
  • artists and exhibitions, Christopher Newall
  • symbolist sculpture, Robert Upstone.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781854372307

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Exploring the impact of British art on the international symbolist movement, this catalogue (of an exhibition at London's Tate Gallery) examines the major themes of Symbolist art and includes important works by Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Watts, Whistler, Beardsley, Khnopff, Moreau, Klimt and Picasso.

Table of Contents

  • Symbolism in Britain, Andrew Wilton
  • themes of love and death in aesthetic painting of the 1860s, Christopher Newall
  • Symbolism - a French monopoly?, MaryAnne Stevens
  • G.F. Watts and the symbolist vision, Barbara Bryant
  • Symbolism in three dimensions, Robert Upstone.

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