Frederic, Lord Leighton was the most prominent painter of Victorian England's artistic renaissance. His works combine the grand academic style with a sensuous delight in the human form and a feeling for colour and light. Leighton created the most elaborate figurative paintings of mythological, historical and literary subjects, as well as landscapes influenced by his European upbringing and training. As a powerful president of the Royal Academy, his passionate interest in painting revitalized British art in the nineteenth century and marks his out as a genius of his age. This monograph provides a commentary on Leighton's career and a gallery of the artist's finest works.
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Oxford ; New York
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Phaidon
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2004
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144 p. : ill. )some col.( ; 29 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 143( and index
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ISBN: 0714829579
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Christopher Newall
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Criticism and interpretation ، Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton,0381-6981