Table of Contents

The Victorian art establishment; the fresco revival - mural painting; the good and the great - portrait painting; oils versus watercolours - landscape painting; the narrative impulse - genre painting; "Virtual Reality" - the panorama; childhood and sentiment; fairy painting; sporting and animal painting; the pre-Raphaelites; "All Human Life is Here" - cross-sections of society; the nude and classicism; women artists; sombre schools of art - social realism; parting - emigration and war; the frailer sex and the fallen woman; a transatlantic exchange; colonial ties - painters in a wider world; aesthetes and symbolists - the last romantics; impressionism in Britain; the end of an era.

About the Author

Lionel Lambourne, OBE, was Head of Paintings at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, from 1986 to 1993. His publications include Japonisme (2004) and The Aesthetic Movement (1996), also published by Phaidon.

Reviews

'Authoritative and carefully researched ... an extraordinarily vivid account of a fascinating time of change and reform.' 'After [a] long decline the reputation of Victorian artists is probably higher now than it has ever been and this splendid book celebrates this fact in no uncertain terms. - Without being overly scholarly this is an excellent guide to the art of an era that above all celebrated wealth, creativity, energy and self-confidence.' Country Landowner, 2003 UK 'Anyone entranced by the Lloyd Webber show at the Royal Academy should acquire this massive paperback - reproductions are excellent, and the text is quirkily informative' The Independent, 50 Best Books for Christmas, 2003 UK

'Authoritative and carefully researched ... an extraordinarily vivid account of a fascinating time of change and reform.' 'After [a] long decline the reputation of Victorian artists is probably higher now than it has ever been and this splendid book celebrates this fact in no uncertain terms. - Without being overly scholarly this is an excellent guide to the art of an era that above all celebrated wealth, creativity, energy and self-confidence.' Country Landowner, 2003 UK 'Anyone entranced by the Lloyd Webber show at the Royal Academy should acquire this massive paperback - reproductions are excellent, and the text is quirkily informative' The Independent, 50 Best Books for Christmas, 2003 UK