Trodd Ford Madox Brown

The Manchester murals and the matter of history
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4244-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

This original book explores the thinking behind Brown’s murals in Manchester Town Hall. It argues that Brown was the most innovative artist in Victorian Britain and that he used this public commission to contest the liberal model of British history favoured by the Manchester Corporation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trodd, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part I: A working life
1 Ford Madox Brown and the historical imagination
2 The making of Ford Madox Brown
Part II: History embodied
3 Manchester, mythos, murals
4 The endless periphery
5 Manchester made modern
Afterword: the last of Ford Madox Brown
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Colin Trodd is a Senior Lecturer in Art History and Cultural Practices at the University of Manchester. His books include Blake's Shadow (2008) and Representations of G. F. Watts (2004).