A pot of paint : aesthetics on trial in Whistler v Ruskin

Author

Merrill, Linda

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill. (9 col.); sel. bibliogr.; index ; xv, 419 p., [8] p. of pl. ; 1992

ISBN

1560981016

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution Press in collaboration with the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Discusses the 1877 libel suit brought by Whistler against Ruskin, and reconstructs from contemporary manuscript and published sources the celebrated trial that followed in 1878. Sees these events as central to the evolution of the aesthetic movement in England. Reprints Ruskin's previously unpublished instructions to defense counsel.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United Kingdom
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
• Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
• Trials
• Great Britain
• 1800-1900
• Aesthetic movement
• Aesthetics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Royaume-Uni
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
• Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
• Procès
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1800-1900
• Aesthetic movement
• Esthétique

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00424678

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