Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic ImaginationHarry N. Abrams, 2006 - 224 sidor The 1770s was marked by the emergence of themes of violence, horror and the supernatural in art: the birth of the Gothic. In 1782, the unveiling of Henry Fuseli's painting The Nightmare was met with a mixture of shock and fascination. The cosmic visions of William Blake, the vast, neo-classical history paintings of James Barry and the searing, grotesque caricatures of James Gilray all emerged during a time of political and social upheaval, matched by similarly extreme developments in the literature of the period. While there have been several critical reassessments of Gothic literature in recent years, Gothic Nightmares, which accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition at Tate Britain, will be the first serious consideration of these themes in visual art.Six sections explore individual themes: the Gothic nightmare, examining Fuseli's famous painting in context; the Sublime vision of the Gothic hero, tortured and imprisoned; |
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... writers were collectors too , working as ethnographers as well as poets and storytellers - Clemens Brentano ( 1778-1842 ) explored traditional songs and legends with the famous cycle , later set to music , of Des Knaben Wunderhorn , and ...
... writers were collectors too , working as ethnographers as well as poets and storytellers - Clemens Brentano ( 1778-1842 ) explored traditional songs and legends with the famous cycle , later set to music , of Des Knaben Wunderhorn , and ...
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... writers in the 1780s , Gothic fantasy and medieval romance offered a resource for re - establishing a patriotic myth of Anglo - Saxon heroism and gender norms . But , freed from the weight of expectations that accompanied classical ...
... writers in the 1780s , Gothic fantasy and medieval romance offered a resource for re - establishing a patriotic myth of Anglo - Saxon heroism and gender norms . But , freed from the weight of expectations that accompanied classical ...
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... writers of the early eighteenth century such ideal heroes were the role - models for an exclusive elite of men , who could identify with and emulate such figures . To ensure that was the case , such images had to be based on a narrowly ...
... writers of the early eighteenth century such ideal heroes were the role - models for an exclusive elite of men , who could identify with and emulate such figures . To ensure that was the case , such images had to be based on a narrowly ...
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Foreword | 6 |
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Somewhere between the Sublime and the Ridiculous Christopher Frayling | 9 |
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