Culture and Art of Death in 19th Century America

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Nineteenth-century Victorian-era mourning rituals--long and elaborate public funerals, the wearing of lavishly somber mourning clothes, and families posing for portraits with deceased loved ones--are often depicted as bizarre or scary. But behind many such customs were rational or spiritual meanings.This book offers an in-depth explanation at how death affected American society and the creative ways in which people responded to it. The author discusses such topics as mediums as performance artists and postmortem painters and photographers, and draws a connection between death and the emergence of three-dimensional media.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-03-11
Mått178 x 254 x 14 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor266
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476665375

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Table of ContentsPreface1. The Victorian Age2. Psychic Artists, Performance Art and DeathThe AfterlifeMesmerism as Performance ArtSéance as Performance ArtPerforming Medium: Performance ArtHoudini, Conan Doyle and Twentieth Century Investigations3. Traditional Artist and DeathNineteenth Century Visual ArtistsPortraits of the DeceasedSpirit PaintingPost-Impressionists and DeathTheosophy, the Anthroposophy Society, Rudolph Steiner and Abstract ArtClairvoyance and Abstract Art4. Mourning GarbMourning Franklin, Hancock and WashingtonEtiquetteMourning Princess CharlotteMarie Antoinette and Rose BertinEmerging MagazinesNapoleon Bonaparte and Fashion Designer Hippolyte LeroyAmerican Ladies’ JournalsBooks on EtiquetteCreation of Patterns, Empress Eugénie and Charles Frederick WorthChanging Fashion Styles in the Victorian EraRetail Mourning ClothesThe Role of Widows and Charles Dana Gibson5. Illustrious Widows’ Influence on Art and DesignMourning ClothesQueen Victoria—Fashion TrendsetterMary Todd Lincoln—Fashion Designer6. Memorial Jewelry7. Artists Working in Hair8. Photography and DeathPostmortem PortraitsMatthew Brady and the Civil WarSpirit Photography9. Art and the CorpseGraveyard Design and TraditionEarly Stonecutters and Grave MarkersDeath and the Landscape Artist: The English GardenRural or Garden Cemeteries in AmericaMonuments to DeathThe Importance of Memorial Sculpture for Emerging ArtistsGranite and Concrete Grave MarkersFuneral ArtsEpilogueBibliography Index