The Victorian Artist Artists' Life Writings in Britain, c.1870}}}1910 [Paperback]

This 2003 book examines the origins, development, and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910.The Victorian Artist examines the origins, development and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910. Analyzing a variety of narrative modes, including gossip, anecdotes, and serialization, as well as the differences among genres -- autobiographies, family biographies, biographical histories, and dictionaries -- Julie Codell discerns and articulates the the multiple, often conflicting identities that were ascribed to artists collectively and as individuals. Her book serves as a timely sociological and cultural overview of the art world in Britain in the decades before World War I.The Victorian Artist examines the origins, development and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910. Analyzing a variety of narrative modes, including gossip, anecdotes, and serialization, as well as the differences among genres -- autobiographies, family biographies, biographical histories, and dictionaries -- Julie Codell discerns and articulates the the multiple, often conflicting identities that were ascribed to artists collectively and as individuals. Her book serves as a timely sociological and cultural overview of the art world in Britain in the decades before World War I.This study examines the origins, development and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910. It analyzes a variety of narrative modes, including gossip, anecdotes, and serialization, as well as the differences among genres (autobiographies, family biographies, biographical histories and dictionaries.) Julie Codell discerns the multiple, often conflicting identities that were ascribed to artists collectively, and as individuals. Her book serves as a timely sociological and cultural overview of the art world in Britain in the decades before World War I.Introduction: tló[