Item Number: 133023 Title: SAMUEL PALMER : Shadows on the Wall Author: Vaughan, William Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780300209853 Description: New Haven: Yale University Press, for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2015. 28cm., hardcover, 412pp., 180 color, 120 b&w illus. Summary: Samuel Palmer was one of the leading British landscape painters of the 19th century. Inspired by his mentor, the artist and poet William Blake, Palmer brought a new spiritual intensity to his interpretation of nature, producing works of unprecedented boldness and fervency. Pre-eminent scholar William Vaughan – who organised the Palmer retrospective at the British Museum in 2005 – draws on unpublished diaries and letters, offering a fresh interpretation of one of the most attractive, sympathetic, yet idiosyncratic fi gures of the 19th century. Far from being a recluse, as he often is presented, Palmer was actively engaged in Victorian cultural life and sought to exert a moral power through his artwork. Beautifully illustrated with Palmer’s visionary and enchanted landscapes, the book contains rich studies of his work, influences and resources. Vaughan also shows how, later, enthralled by the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Palmer manipulated his own artistic image to harmonize with it. Little appreciated in his lifetime, Palmer is now hailed as a precursor of modernism in the 20th century. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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