Men at Work - Tim Barringer
Art and Labour in Victorian Britain
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KORTE INHOUD
For artists of the increasingly mechanized Victorian age, questions about the meaning and value of labour presented a series of urgent problems: Is work a moral obligation or a religious duty? Must labour be the preserve of men alone? Does the amount of work bestowed on a painting affect its value? Should art celebrate wholesome rural work or reveal the degradations of the industrial workplace? In this highly original book, Tim Barringer considers how artists and theorists addressed these questions and what...
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2005 Uitgever: Paul Mellon Center BA 392 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0300103808 ISBN-13: 9780300103809Koop dit boek tweedehands
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