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The art of the Brontës

Title
The art of the Brontës / Christine Alexander and Jane Sellars.
Author
Alexander, Christine.
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Sellars, Jane.
Description
xxvi, 484 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  • This is the first full-scale study of the drawings and paintings of the Bronte sisters and their brother Branwell, including the first catalogue of all known Bronte illustrations, published and unpublished. The Art of the Brontes comprises almost 400 illustrated entries, recording such details as medium, dating, provenance, sources, style, and arguments for paintings.
  • In addition, a sequence of narrative chapters provides new material on each of the four siblings and their relationships to the visual arts, suggesting ways in which their experience of drawing influenced their writing. An annotated and illustrated catalogue which is also a work of scholarly criticism, this publication is a landmark in Bronte studies and in the fields of nineteenth-century literature and painting generally.
Subject
  • Brontë family > Exhibitions
  • Authors as artists > England > Exhibitions
Note
  • "The book has been planned to accompany the First International Exhibition of Brontë Art"--CIP p. xii.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Lord Briggs -- The influence of the visual arts on the Brontes / Christine Alexander -- Charlotte Bronte: the earnest amateur / Christine Alexander -- The art of Branwell Bronte / Jane Sellars -- The art of Emily Bronte / Christine Alexander -- The art of Anna Bronte / Jane Sellars -- Catalogue of Bronte drawings and paintings. Charlotte Bronte. Branwell Bronte. Emily Bronte. Anne Bronte -- Appendix A: List of books owned by the Brontes, with sketches and scribbles -- Appendix B: Note on the provenance of Bronte art works.
ISBN
  • 0521432480 (hardback)
  • 0521438411 (paperback)
LCCN
94004251
OCLC
  • 29877275
  • ocm29877275
  • SCSB-14341609
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries