Art in the Age of Queen Victoria

Leading collection of Victorian art

Richly illustrated from a leading collection of Victorian art, Art in the Age of Queen Victoria introduces key themes within Victorian art through a variety of essays by leading scholars in the field. Most introductory books on Victorian art have sought to cover the tremendous ground of the period through general surveys of key movements and forms of art. This book deals rather with themes that were relevant to the period, revealing a broad scope of expression and opinion within each.

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum

In its exploration of themes the book is heavily illustrated with works from the art collection of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, whose breadth is reflective of the diversity of art that was created in Britain between 1837 and 1901. It opens with an introductory essay outlining the broad scope of Victorian art. Other essays follow concerning the display of art in the period, the impact of women artists, depictions of the nude, the use of prints, representations of animals, and Victorian sculpture.
Published to coincide with the major exhibition The Victorian Nude at Tate Britain in autumn 2001, Art in the Age of Queen Victoria is a fascinating survey of a diverse and innovative period.

Art in the Age of Queen Victoria : A Wealth of Depictions edited by Mark Bills
ISBN: 0853318298

A Victorian Salon

A Victorian Salon is the first to focus on the fascinating and important collection of Victorian art built up by Merton Russell-Cotes and now held in the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth. A Victorian Salon outlines a unique yet representative collection of late 19th-century British painting, reassessing a collection renowned in its own time and now beginning to regain its international significance. Featured artists include Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sir Edward Poynter, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Albert Joseph Moore, William Etty, Simeon Solomon, Evelyn De Morgan and Frederic, Lord Leighton.

Merton Russell-Cotes

Essays by Mark Bills, Simon Olding and Giles Waterfield place the collection in a wider context and discuss Merton Russell-Cotes's attitudes towards art and the scope of his collection. The catalogue section considers forty-seven of the core works in some detail and reflects upon Russell-Cotes's own opinions of the paintings.

A Victorian Salon: Paintings from the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery by Mark Bills
ISBN: 0853317488