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050	0	0	_aCB161 _b.G67 1997
082	1		_aREF 759.2 ALM _2
100	1		_aBarrow, R.J.
240	1	0	_aToller Cranston Collection
245	1	0	_aLawrence Alma-Tadema _c/ R.J. Barrow
260			_aNew York _b: Phaidon _c, 2001
300			_a208 p. _b: illus. _c; 30 cm
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aSir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was one of the finest and most distinctive of the Victorian painters. Dutch-born, he moved to London in 1879, and became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with langorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky. In this original and penetrating study, Rosemary Barrow presents an absorbing and often amusing portrait of an exuberant personality who carved out a brillant career for himself at the heart of London's artistic and cultural elite. But above all she subjects the paintings to a fresh and rigorous scrutiny, revealing that Alma-Tadema was a highly knowledgeable student of antiquity, who made effective use of precise literary and archaeological allusions to play a game of interpretation with his viewers. Time and again the seeming innocence of the scenes he depicts is subverted by a mischievously placed inscription or statue, suggesting to the initiated a darker and usually risque meaning. Like his contemporaries, Alma-Tadema was neglected after his death, but his paintings are once again admired for their beauty and their mastery of light, colour and texture. With its fresh and intriguing new insights into his personality and intentions, this book now provides a challenging reassessment of a major artis
546			_aEnglish
600	1	4	_aAlma-Tadema, Lawrence _d(1836-1912)
650		4	_aPainters _z-England _x-Biography
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