The Art of Entertainment
eBook - ePub

The Art of Entertainment

Popular Performance in Modern British Art, 1880 to 1940

  1. 164 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Art of Entertainment

Popular Performance in Modern British Art, 1880 to 1940

About this book

In this book, theatre historian Jason Price looks at the relationships and exchanges that took place between high and low cultural forms in Britain from 1880 to 1940, focusing on the ways in which figures from popular entertainments, such as music hall serio-comics, clowns, and circus acrobats, came to feature in modern works of art.

Readers with an interest in art, theatre, and the history of modern Britain will find Price's approach, which sees major works of art used to illuminate the histories of once-famous entertainers and the wider social, political, and cultural landscape of this period, accessible and engaging.

The book will bring to life for readers some of the most vivid works of modern British art and reveal how individuals historically overlooked due to their gender, sexuality, or race played a significant role in the shaping of British culture during this period of monumental social change.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032740737
eBook ISBN
9781040020715
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Theatre

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction: Vulgar Refinement
  11. 1 Setting the Stage: Modernism and the Popular
  12. 2 Manipulating the Public Gaze: Minnie Cunningham the Entertainer, Artist’s Muse, and Victorian New Woman
  13. 3 Modern Daredevil: Therese Lessore’s Paintings of Swallow’s Circus at the Royal Agricultural Hall
  14. 4 Matters of Display and Consent: The Human Exhibit and Goscombe John’s Bokane
  15. 5 (Un)popular Queer Figures: Glyn Philpot’s Knowing Acrobats
  16. 6 Historical Illusionisms and Acts of Recovery
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index