Painting the Bible : representation and belief in mid-Victorian Britain /
Michaela Giebelhausen.
- xiv, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.
- British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings .
- British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index.
Introduction : translating the Bible for the age -- Religious painting and the high-art ideal : tradition, modification and innovation -- The fascination of paradox : the pre-Raphaelite challenge -- The making of William Holman Hunt as the painter of the Christ -- Epilogue : ideal subjects glowing with poetry. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"Painting the Bible is the first book to investigate the transformations that religious painting underwent in mid-Victorian England. It charts the emergence of a Protestant realist painting in a period of increasing doubt, scientific discovery and biblical criticism. The book analyses the position of religious painting in the academic discourse and assesses the important role Pre-Raphaelite work played in redefining religious painting for mid-Victorian audiences." "This original study brings together a wide range of material from high art and popular culture. It locates the controversy over the religious works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in debates about academism, revivalism and caricature. It also investigates William Holman Hunt's radical, orientalist-realist approach to biblical subject matter which offered an important updating of the image of Christ that chimed with the principles of liberal Protestantism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Bible--Illustrations
Painting, British--19th century Painting, Victorian--Great Britain Pre-Raphaelites--Great Britain