Albert Moore

by Asleson, Robyn

• ISBN13: 9780714843926
• ISBN10: 071484392X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-31
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

Albert Moore (1841-93) was one of the most important late Victorian artists. In a single-minded quest for aesthetic perfection, he employed the female figure to embody abstract systems of ideal beauty, and created many of the iconic and defining images of the Aesthetic Movement. Yet he has remained a shadowy figure. Based on original research and unpublished family documents, Robyn Asleson's monograph presents a fresh view of the artist's allegedly reclusive personality, and firmly establishes him as a major figure and a significant precursor of Modernism. This beautiful book is now issued in a paperback format that will bring the artist to a wide and appreciative audience.

Author Biography

Robyn Asleson is a former research associate of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and of the Huntingdon Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in California. Her publications include British Paintings at the Huntingdon (2001) and Notorious Muse: The Actress in British Art (2003). Her doctoral thesis on Victorian classical painting won Yale University's Frances Blanshard Prize.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(1)
Nature and Nurture 1841-1865	8	(34)
Collaboration and Independence 1860-1869	42	(34)
The Analysis of Beauty 1865-1874	76	(52)
Politics and Patronage 1875-1885	128	(48)
Intimations of Mortality 1885-1893	176	(28)
Epilogue	204	(2)
Notes	206	(25)
Bibliography	231	(2)
Index of Works	233	(2)
General Index	235	(4)
Photographic Acknowledgements	239	(1)
Author's Acknowledgements	240