Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic ImaginationThe 1770s was marked by the emergence of themes of violence, horror and the supernatural in art: the birth of the Gothic. In 1782, the unveiling of Henry Fuseli's painting The Nightmare was met with a mixture of shock and fascination. The cosmic visions of William Blake, the vast, neo-classical history paintings of James Barry and the searing, grotesque caricatures of James Gilray all emerged during a time of political and social upheaval, matched by similarly extreme developments in the literature of the period. While there have been several critical reassessments of Gothic literature in recent years, Gothic Nightmares, which accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition at Tate Britain, will be the first serious consideration of these themes in visual art.Six sections explore individual themes: the Gothic nightmare, examining Fuseli's famous painting in context; the Sublime vision of the Gothic hero, tortured and imprisoned; |
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... Fuseli's last ever productions was a new version of The Nightmare with fairies on the dressing - table and a horned owl , which in turn became a posthumous engraving in 1827 ( no.152 ) . As The Nightmare was transformed from painting ...
... Fuseli's last ever productions was a new version of The Nightmare with fairies on the dressing - table and a horned owl , which in turn became a posthumous engraving in 1827 ( no.152 ) . As The Nightmare was transformed from painting ...
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... painting was the sole exhibit included by Fuseli in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1782. After several years of ... Fuseli's sexual desires and frustrations . The verso shows the unfinished portrait of a woman , associated by a number of ...
... painting was the sole exhibit included by Fuseli in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1782. After several years of ... Fuseli's sexual desires and frustrations . The verso shows the unfinished portrait of a woman , associated by a number of ...
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... painting of Fuseli's continued to be reproduced in the nineteenth century and beyond ; the stream of caricatures and pastiches continued unabated . The possibilities for the fantastic heralded by this single painting were explored more ...
... painting of Fuseli's continued to be reproduced in the nineteenth century and beyond ; the stream of caricatures and pastiches continued unabated . The possibilities for the fantastic heralded by this single painting were explored more ...
Contents
Foreword | 6 |
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Somewhere between the Sublime and the Ridiculous Christopher Frayling | 9 |
Copyright | |
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Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination Martin Myrone No preview available - 2006 |
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