Objects of Desire; Victorian Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
, by Contributions by Judith A. Barter, Ghenete Zelleke, Martha Tedeschi, Debra Mancoff, and Douglas NickelNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780300113419 | 0300113412
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 8/18/2005
This volume focuses on a wide range of Victorian-era objects from Britain and the United States in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The following topics are explored: still-life painting in nineteenth-century America; the burgeoning Victorian print market; a fascinating sketchbook used by the English painter Edward Burne-Jones; a spectacular Gothic-style British wine cabinet; and a rare photographic album compiled by an aristocratic English family. Also featured, in a portfolio section, are other highlights from the museum's Victorian collection, including furniture, paintings, photographs, textiles, and works on paper by such noted artists as Julia Margaret Cameron, William Morris, and John Everett Millais.