Samuel Palmer, John Martin, and John Sell Cotman

This article considers how a viewer identifies spiritual meaning in landscape images of the Romantic era as well as the role of artists’ statements about their work in a viewer’s interpretive process. It examines landscapes by Samuel Palmer and John Martin, two early nineteenth-century British artis...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Religion and the arts
Main Author: Stuart, Kathleen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Brill 2018
In: Religion and the arts
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Martin, John 1789-1854 / Palmer, Samuel 1805-1881 / Cotman, John Sell 1782-1842 / Landscape painting / Spirituality / Secularism
Further subjects:B Landscape nature paradise Romanticism Robert Rosenblum Samuel Palmer John Martin John Sell Cotman
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Description
Summary:This article considers how a viewer identifies spiritual meaning in landscape images of the Romantic era as well as the role of artists’ statements about their work in a viewer’s interpretive process. It examines landscapes by Samuel Palmer and John Martin, two early nineteenth-century British artists known for the spiritual content of their work, and the connection between the work and their published statements about it. The article also considers the “secular” landscapes by their contemporary John Sell Cotman for the work’s possible spiritual meaning despite the absence of published comments by the artist on the subject.
ISSN:1568-5292
Contains:In: Religion and the arts
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02201002