Victorian art
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Victorian art is a 19th-century British artistic style characterized by detailed realism, moral and literary themes, and often sentimental or romanticized depictions of historical and contemporary subjects.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Victorian art canonical | 12 |
| Victorian art criticism | 1 |
| Victorian decorative arts | 1 |
| Victorian illustration | 1 |
| Victorian sculpture | 1 |
Statements (81)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century art
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art movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British middle class patrons
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Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ Victorian literature ⓘ Victorian morality ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
attention to detail
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contemporary subjects ⓘ detailed realism ⓘ high finish ⓘ historical subjects ⓘ literary themes ⓘ moral themes ⓘ narrative content ⓘ romanticized depictions ⓘ sentimental depictions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
British Empire
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Industrial Revolution ⓘ rise of mass print culture ⓘ urbanization in Britain ⓘ |
| endTime | 1901 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Aestheticism
ⓘ
Art Nouveau ⓘ Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ |
| follows |
Neoclassicism
ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ |
| hasNotableArtist |
Aubrey Beardsley
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ Ford Madox Brown ⓘ Frederic Leighton ⓘ George Frederic Watts ⓘ Hubert von Herkomer ⓘ James McNeill Whistler ⓘ James Tissot ⓘ John Everett Millais ⓘ John William Waterhouse ⓘ Lawrence Alma-Tadema ⓘ Samuel Luke Fildes ⓘ
surface form:
Luke Fildes
William Holman Hunt ⓘ William Morris ⓘ William Powell Frith ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Victorian architecture
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Victorian decorative arts ⓘ Victorian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian illustration
Victorian painting ⓘ Victorian art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian sculpture
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| includesMovement |
Aestheticism
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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ⓘ Social realist art in Britain ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aesthetic Movement in Britain
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surface form:
Aesthetic movement
Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ Edwardian art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British imperialism
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Christian morality ⓘ Romantic literature ⓘ classical literature ⓘ industrialization ⓘ medieval revival ⓘ social reform movements ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Queen Victoria ⓘ |
| startTime | 1837 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
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Victorian era ⓘ |
| typicalSubject |
allegorical scenes
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animal painting ⓘ biblical scenes ⓘ genre scenes ⓘ historical painting ⓘ landscape painting ⓘ portraiture ⓘ scenes of domestic life ⓘ scenes of poverty and social issues ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
ceramics
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engraving ⓘ furniture design ⓘ illustrated books ⓘ oil painting ⓘ stained glass ⓘ watercolour ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
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Victorian art criticism
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Victorian sculpture
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Victorian illustration
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Victorian decorative arts