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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453566003321

Autore

Paley Morton D

Titolo

Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the fine arts [[electronic resource] /] / Morton D. Paley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-82556-5

9786611825560

0-19-155272-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

821/.7

Soggetti

Art and literature - England - History - 19th century

Art appreciation - England - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Initiation -- Italy -- What Coleridge saw -- Allston redux -- Coleridge on the fine arts -- The principles common to the fine arts.

Sommario/riassunto

In a fascinating account of picture collections in the early 19th century through the eyes of a great English poet, Morton Paley tells the story of Coleridge's initiation into art in England, and his further exploration in Rome. He describes the collections Coleridge saw and his thoughts about the arts and about specific works. - ;Although Coleridge's thinking and writing about the fine arts was both considerable and interesting, this has not been the subject of a book before. Coleridge owed his initiation into art to Sir George Beaumont. In 1803-4 he had frequent opportunities to learn from B