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by Peter Trippi (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd (Sep 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 071484232X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0714842325
  • Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 25.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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John William Waterhouse is among the most popular Victorian artists and many of his paintings, such as "The Lady of Shallot", "Hylas and the Nymphs" and "Ophelia", have become icons of femininity recognized the world over. With their compelling composition, glowing colour and Impressionist-inflected technique, these paintings are admired for their beauty, yet at the same time they have the power to transport the viewer into a romantic world of myth and legend. Waterhouse's depictions of female beauty reflect his age's complex and ambivalent attitudes towards women, in which Victorian ideals of sentiment and duty commingled with less noble undercurrents of erotic desire and misogyny. In this study of the artist, Peter Trippi presents an analysis of Waterhouse's seductresses, martyrs and nymphs, together with a lively discussion of the cultural and historical circumstances in which these images were planted. This authoritative volume utilizes research to provide an accessbile biography of the artist and to assess his place in the late Victorian art world. Themes explored include Waterhouse's passion for Italy, literature and the classical world, his participation in England's Royal Academy, his stylistic influences and studio practices, and the collectors, dealers, critics and curators who helped make him famous in his day. Like other Victorian artists, Waterhouse was neglected through much of the 20th century, but as critical inhibitions have fallen away the revival of his fortune has been dramatic. Today he is again acknowledged as a master painter. Peter Trippi's monograph aims to provide a timely re-evaluation that combines a close reading of Waterhouse's imagery with a candid appraisal of his talent.

About the Author

Peter Trippi studied at New York University and at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Before moving to the Brooklyn Museum of Art (New York City) in 1998, he helped organize and wrote catalogue essays for the Baltimore Museum of Art's international touring exhibition A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum. He has prepared the first entry on J.W. Waterhouse for the New Dictionary of National Biography and is the founding Executive Editor of Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, an electronic journal produced by the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art.

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully produced, something to treasure., 21 May 2003
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I really only bought this book because I was doing an essay discussing two works by Waterhouse. Although before buying the book I was a growing fan of his work, this book has really increased my appreciation of the artist. It really is a treasure. The reproductions of his work are incredible, every time you study the paintings you are able to see new things you hadn't noticed before.
But, as all good books should, the joy does not lie in the reproductions of the paintings alone. Trippi has done a fantastic job in writing about Waterhouse. Trippi states that he spent years working on this book, and that he hopes it results in people understanding why he holds Waterhouse in such high regard; I really think he has achieved this. You can tell that this has been produced by someone with a great passion for their subject. And it has cetainly increased my own regard for Waterhouse.
This is a great book, for both those who wish to approach the subject as an academic, and for those who love looking at beautiful pictures, while maybe also wishing to learn something about the artist who created them.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent!!!!, 9 April 2005
THE ideal book for a Waterhouse lover!!!! Great illustrations of his most famous paintings and great interpretations of their symbolism! A must have book if you like Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist art!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent!!!!, 9 April 2005
THE ideal book for a Waterhouse lover!!!! Great illustrations of his most famous paintings and great interpretations of their symbolism! A must have book if you like Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist art!!
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