“Light Is the First of Painters”: Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Luminism of John Frederick Kensett
In addition to encouraging nineteenth-century authors, the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson served as an inspiration to American artists. This essay examines three affinities between Emerson’s prose (Nature and “Art”) and the artwork of John Frederick Kensett, with a focus on his 1869 Lake George. The...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2019, Volume: 23, Issue: 5, Pages: 467-488 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882
/ Nature
/ Light effects
/ Kensett, John Frederick 1816-1872
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CE Christian art KBQ North America |
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B John Frederick Kensett B Character B Ralph Waldo Emerson B luminism |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |