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The Artist as Anthropologist: The Representation of Type and Character in Victorian Art [Hardcover]

Mary Cowling (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: September 29, 1989

In the Victorian era, both artists and the public had fixed ideas about physiognomy, which shows how certain features indicate specific mental and moral characteristics. Hence art promoted ideas about individuals, social and racial groups. In particular, the art of W.P.Frith is considered.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (September 29, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521354900
ISBN-13: 978-0521354905
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,999,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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