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Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England
出版Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 2011
主題Art / EuropeanArt / Individual Artists / MonographsArt / Art & PoliticsGames & Activities / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Social HistorySocial Science / Customs & Traditions
ISBN19048327849781904832782
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PqMORAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Covering three decades, from 1784 to 1814, this exhibition catalogue offers a lively introduction to the art of the English satirist Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827). Accompanying the first major presentation of Rowlandson's work to appear in North America in 20 years, it showcases 72 watercolors, drawings, and prints. As described in the introduction by curator Phagan (Vassar), Georgian social life is the central theme. The two essays by Gatrell and Rauser usefully contextualize Rowlandson's life and visual production in the social and political landscapes of late-18th-century London. Phagan's catalogue entries are informative and insightful, and the generous, crisp color images invite the sort of attentive viewing Rowlandson's prints originally would have solicited. Six sections survey the "pleasures and pursuits" of London: high society and politics; the street; clubs and taverns; outdoor entertainments; art, theater, and dance; sex and romance. In contrast to Hogarth's playfully erudite visual morality tales, Rowlandson's comic work feels more spontaneous, and the images are often less prescriptive in directing one's response. The exhibition's emphasis on wider social contexts should make the book attractive to anyone interested in this period of English history. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers. General Readers; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty. Reviewed by C. A. Hanson.