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Lawrence Alma-Tadema /

By:

Barrow, R. J. (Rosemary J.)

Contributor(s):

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, 1836-1912

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2001.Description: 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0714839183
9780714839189
0714898287
9780714898285
9780714843582
071484358X

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

759.2 21

LOC classification:

ND497.A4 B377 2001

Contents:

1. Youth, art training, early career. Holland, Belgium, Merovingian Gual -- Egypt -- Pompeii -- Greece and Rome. Establishment and success. A Dutch painter in London -- Into the Academy -- Landscapes, portraits, watercolours -- The artists at home. Final honours and the end of a career. Views of antiquity -- The theatre -- The final years -- Alma-Tadema in retrospect.

Review: "Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was one of the finest and most distinctive of the Victorian painters. Dutch-born, he moved to London in 1879, and became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with langorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky." "In this original and penetrating study, Rosemary Barrow presents an absorbing and often amusing portrait of an exuberant personality who carved out a brillant career for himself at the heart of London's artistic and cultural elite. But above all she subjects the paintings to a fresh and rigorous scrutiny, revealing that Alma-Tadema was a highly knowledgeable student of antiquity, who made effective use of precise literary and archaeological allusions to play a game of interpretation with his viewers. Time and again the seeming innocence of the scenes he depicts is subverted by a mischievously placed inscription or statue, suggesting to the initiated a darker and usually risque meaning." "Like his contemporaries, Alma-Tadema was neglected after his death, but his paintings are once again admired for their beauty and their mastery of light, colour and texture. With its fresh and intriguing new insights into his personality and intentions, this book now provides a challenging reassessment of a major artist."--Jacket.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	ND497.A4 B377 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001196

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and indexes.

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