THE DARK SIDE OF THE LANDSCAPE by John Barrell ( 9780521276559 )

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Title:

THE DARK SIDE OF THE LANDSCAPE
THE RURAL POOR IN ENGLISH PAINTING 1730-1840

By:

John Barrell

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Paperback

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0521276551

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9780521276559

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

29 September, 1983

Pages:

192

Description:

John Barrell's 1980 study shows why the poor interested painters and how painters could represent them for the rich.

Synopsis:

The eighteenth-century saw a radical change in the depiction of country life in English painting: feeling less constrained by the conventions of classical or theatrical pastoral, landscape painters attempted to offer a portrayal of what life was really like, or was thought to be like, in England; and this inevitably involved a distinct approach to the depiction of the rural poor. John Barrell's influential 1980 study shows why the poor began to be of such interest to painters, and examines the ways in which they could be represented so as to be an acceptable part of the decor of the salons of the rich. His discussion focuses on the work of three painters: Thomas Gainsborough, George Morland and John Constable. Throughout the book, Barrell draws illuminating comparisons with the literature of rural life and with the work of other painters. His terse and vigourous account has provided a landmark for social historians and literary critics, as well as historians of art.

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