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Author:   D. Tulla Lightfoot
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781476665375

ISBN 10:   1476665370
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   11 March 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface 1. The Victorian Age 2. Psychic Artists, Performance Art and Death The Afterlife Mesmerism as Performance Art Séance as Performance Art Performing Medium: Performance Art Houdini, Conan Doyle and Twentieth Century Investigations 3. Traditional Artist and Death Nineteenth Century Visual Artists Portraits of the Deceased Spirit Painting Post-Impressionists and Death Theosophy, the Anthroposophy Society, Rudolph Steiner and Abstract Art Clairvoyance and Abstract Art 4. Mourning Garb Mourning Franklin, Hancock and Washington Etiquette Mourning Princess Charlotte Marie Antoinette and Rose Bertin Emerging Magazines Napoleon Bonaparte and Fashion Designer Hippolyte Leroy American Ladies’ Journals Books on Etiquette Creation of Patterns, Empress Eugénie and Charles Frederick Worth Changing Fashion Styles in the Victorian Era Retail Mourning Clothes The Role of Widows and Charles Dana Gibson 5. Illustrious Widows’ Influence on Art and Design Mourning Clothes Queen Victoria—Fashion Trendsetter Mary Todd Lincoln—Fashion Designer 6. Memorial Jewelry 7. Artists Working in Hair 8. Photography and Death Postmortem Portraits Matthew Brady and the Civil War Spirit Photography 9. Art and the Corpse Graveyard Design and Tradition Early Stonecutters and Grave Markers Death and the Landscape Artist: The English Garden Rural or Garden Cemeteries in America Monuments to Death The Importance of Memorial Sculpture for Emerging Artists Granite and Concrete Grave Markers Funeral Arts Epilogue Bibliography Index

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D. Tulla Lightfoot is an emeritus faculty member of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and lives in Aventura, Florida. She is the author of many academic articles on art and art education, has edited academic journals and has made several presentations in her field.

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