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English art is the body of visual arts originating from the nation of England, in the form of a continuous tradition. Following historical surveys such as Creative Art In England by William Johnstone (1936 and 1950), Nikolaus Pevsner attempted a definition in his 1956 book The Englishness of English Art, as did Sir Roy Strong in his 2000 book The Spirit of Britain: A narrative history of the arts, and Peter Ackroyd in his 2002 book The Origins of the English Imagination. English Art is sometimes also taken to include music, literature, film, and the other arts. Download high resolution version (1117x860, 180 KB)Hogarth, Marriage a la Mode, series, National Gallery London Source: gallery. ...
Download high resolution version (1117x860, 180 KB)Hogarth, Marriage a la Mode, series, National Gallery London Source: gallery. ...
William Hogarth (November 10, 1697 – October 26, 1764) was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited as a pioneer in western sequential art. ...
The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan 967 Area...
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ...
Sir Roy Strong is an English arts curator, writer, broadcaster and garden designer. ...
Peter Ackroyd (born October 5, 1949, London) is an English author. ...
Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ...
Early development Its earliest known developed form, one that continues to the present-day, is arguably the decorative surface pattern work exemplified by the Lindisfarne Gospels and the exterior carving of Anglo-Saxon churches and monuments. Ackroyd argues that the concern for a light and delicate outline, for surface pattern for its own sake, and for patterns and borders that threaten to overwhelm the portrayal of figures, have all been long-standing characteristics of a continuous English art. Other elements Ackroyd sees as inherited from the early Celtic church are a concern to portray the essence of animals, a tendency to understatement, and a concern for repeating structures that extends from Celtic knotwork to church organ music to Staffordshire ceramic-ware to stained glass windows and to the wallpapers of William Morris. Strong agrees with Ackroyd on all these points. Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels contains the incipit from the Gospel of Matthew. ...
The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ...
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A classic Celtic knot pattern A modern take on Celtic knotwork Celtic knots are a variety of knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, first known to have been used by the Celts. ...
The church organ developed originally for congregational singing, and is found in many houses of worship. ...
Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ...
Strictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. ...
William Morris, socialist and innovator in the Arts and Crafts movement William Morris (March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896) was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. ...
The English anti-intellectualism has led them to easily mingle fiction with observed facts, in order to invent 'traditions', but this has often given fresh life to traditions that would otherwise have gone stale. Pevsner noted, in the context of a consummate arts professionalism, a detachment and self-effacement among artists that often led them to belittle the act of creation, and to be willing to give away their ideas to be re-used by other artists.
Portraits Oil painting for portraits came comparatively late to England. Hans Holbein, an imported talent, is generally credited with founding an English school of portrait painting — although he too became influenced by the 'surface' nature of much English art. The rich ecclesiastical decoration of English churches was, to an extent, lost or scattered during the iconoclasm of the Reformation. Hans Holbein is the name of two German Renaissance painters: Hans Holbein the Elder (1460-1524) Hans Holbein the Younger (c. ...
Statues in the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht, attacked in Reformation iconoclasm in the 16th century. ...
Present day portraiture is a rich and varied field, with artists such as Stuart Pearson Wright, Chris Ofili and Will Teather. Stuart Pearson Wright (born 1975, Northampton) is an award winnig English artist who works mainly in acrylic paints. ...
No Woman No Cry by Chris Ofili (1998) Chris Ofili (born 1968) is an English painter noted for works referencing aspects of his Nigerian background. ...
Royal collection Charles I of England built up a great royal collection of art. This was largely saved for the nation, due to a combination of Cromwell's own inventory of the royal collection and the English Commonwealth's bureaucratic interia. So little had been sold by the time that Charles II was restored, that Charles was able to restore his late father's collection with no difficulty.[1] Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ...
The Commonwealth was the republican government which ruled first England and then the whole of Britain, Ireland, the colonies and other Crown possessions during the periods from 1649 (the monarch Charles I being beheaded on January 30 and An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth being passed by the...
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ...
Cultural influence England's art has long been considered to be lower than that of other countries where, among other things, the Renaissance, wiith its explosion of art, had more effect. However, England has exhibited a more quiet and leisurely form of art than that on the continent. This can especially be seen in the work of J.M.W. Turner. His beautiful landscapes are slightly impressionistic, but with more emotion. This is especially evident in The Fighting Temeraire.Perhaps as a reaction to Puritanism, England has long had an open acceptance of ribald or 'blue' humour, nonsense, and double-entendre in the popular arts, and also a general understanding that popular forms of culture are 'allowed' to influence the national self-conception just as much as high culture is. The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ...
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A self portrait by John Constable John Constable (June 11, 1776 – March 31, 1837) was a British Romantic artist. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 508 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (617 × 728 pixel, file size: 32 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Crossing the Brook by J. M. W. Turner, 1815, oil on canvas, 193 x 165 cm. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 508 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (617 × 728 pixel, file size: 32 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Crossing the Brook by J. M. W. Turner, 1815, oil on canvas, 193 x 165 cm. ...
J. M. W. Turner, English landscape painter The fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, painted 1839. ...
Landscapes It is popularly considered that English landscape painting typifies English art, inspired largely from the love of the pastoral arising from the poetry of Edmund Spenser, and mirroring as it does the development of larger country houses set in a pastoral rural landscape. Although it should be noted that English art lies equally in the tendency toward melancholia, often expressed as a love of the continuity of the past with the present, and a love of ghosts, and marvelous or gothic ruins. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Titians The Pastoral Concert Pastoral refers to the lifestyle of shepherds and pastoralists, moving livestock around larger areas of land according to seasons and availability of water and feed. ...
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A country house is a large dwelling, such as a mansion, located on a country estate. ...
Interior of Cologne Cathedral Gothic architecture is a style of architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, which flourished in Europe during the high and late medieval period. ...
As the population of England grew during the industrial revolution, a concern for privacy and smaller gardens becomes more notable in English art. There was also a new found appreciation of the open landscapes of romantic wilderness, and a concern for the ancient folk arts. William Morris is particularly associated with this latter trend, as were the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Another important influence, from about 1890 until 1926, was the growing knowledge about the visual art of Japan. A Watt steam engine. ...
Wanderer above the sea of fog by Caspar David Friedrich Romanticism is an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in 18th century Western Europe during the industrial revolution. ...
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William Morris, socialist and innovator in the Arts and Crafts movement William Morris (March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896) was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. ...
Persephone, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. ...
Being a coastal and sea-faring island nation, English art has often portrayed the coast and the sea. Being a nation of four distinct seasons, and changeable weather, weather effects have often been portrayed in English art. Weather and light effects on the English landscape have been a pre-eminent aspect of modern British landscape photography. Sea as seen from jetty in Frankston, Australia Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Weather is a term that encompasses phenomena in the atmosphere of a planet. ...
The Tetons - Snake River (1942) by Ansel Adams Wildlife photography, such as this midflight shot of a male mallard duck, can be very challenging and require a high power telephoto lens Nature photography refers to a particular form of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as...
See also The English school of painting is an expression for English (or British) painters who produced characteristically English paintings. ...
Museums in England is a link page for any museum in England. ...
British Art is the art of the island of Britain. ...
British photography refers to the tradition of photographic work undertaken by committed photographers and photographic artists in the British Isles. ...
The term neo-romanticism is synonymous with post-Romanticism or late Romanticism. ...
The English underground is a phrase used by those who study and chronicle the arts history of England, especially the musical traditions. ...
Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. ...
Museums exhibiting English art The British Museum in London is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ...
The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square. ...
The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in central London which was opened in 1856. ...
The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ...
Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ...
Noted artists of the English style Joseph Mallord William Turner (April 23, 1775 (exact date disputed) – December 19, 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style can be said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. ...
William Hogarth (November 10, 1697 – October 26, 1764) was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited as a pioneer in western sequential art. ...
William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. ...
Self-portrait of the young Samuel Palmer, circa 1826. ...
Paul Nash (1899 - 1946) was a British war artist. ...
Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959) was an English painter. ...
Self-portrait, painted 1759 Thomas Gainsborough (May 14, 1727 (baptised) – August 2, 1788) was one of the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century Britain. ...
A self portrait by John Constable John Constable (June 11, 1776 – March 31, 1837) was a British Romantic artist. ...
Coming out of School, 1927, oil on wood, 34. ...
Fay Godwin (born 1931 Berlin, died 27 May 2005 Hastings). ...
Notes - ^ Brotton, Jerry. The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and His Art Collection
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