Men at work : art and labour in Victorian Britain /
"Featuring extensive new research, Men at Work examines a broad spectrum of the visual culture of Victorian Britain and its empire, including prints, photographs, book illustrations, material objects, and exhibition and museum displays. Barringer arrives at a major reinterpretation of the art a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven ; London :
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press,
2005.
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| Summary: | "Featuring extensive new research, Men at Work examines a broad spectrum of the visual culture of Victorian Britain and its empire, including prints, photographs, book illustrations, material objects, and exhibition and museum displays. Barringer arrives at a major reinterpretation of the art and culture of nineteenth-century Britain as well as new readings of such key figures as Ford Madox Brown, John Linnell, and John Ruskin."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 379 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0300103808 9780300103809 |
