Description |
336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
Contents |
Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite pioneer / Julian Treuherz -- The game of life: Ford Madox Brown, a character study / Angela Thirlwell -- Ford Madox Brown's humour / Kenneth Bendiner -- Ford Madox Brown in Manchester / Julian Treuherz -- Catalogue of works -- The artist and his family -- The early period -- The change of direction -- The draughtsman -- The landscape painter -- The painter of modern life -- The storyteller -- The portrait painter -- The designer -- The Manchester period -- The end |
Summary |
This major monograph accompanies an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery to be held in autumn 2011, the first comprehensive showing of Ford Madox Brown's work since 1964. All the artist's important paintings are illustrated and discussed in an authoritative but accessible style, and the book also contains a chronology of his career and four essays: a general introduction to Brown's art by Julian Treuherz, who also contributes an account of Brown's Manchester period; a character study of the artist by Angela Thirlwell; and an analysis of Brown's humour by Kenneth Bendiner |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
Notes |
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held Sept. 24, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012 at Manchester Art Gallery and Feb. 25-June 3, 2012 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent |
Subject |
Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893 -- Catalogues raisonnés.
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Pre-Raphaelitism -- England.
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Genre/Form |
Catalogues raisonnés.
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Author |
Bendiner, Kenneth, 1947-
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Thirlwell, Angela.
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Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893.
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Manchester City Art Gallery.
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LC no. |
2011535759 |
ISBN |
9780856677007 |
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0856677000 |
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9780901673800 |
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0901673803 |
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