Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain

by Tim Barringer

For artists of the increasingly mechanized Victorian age, questions about the meaning and value of labour presented a series of urgent problems: Is work a moral obligation or a religious duty? Must labour be the preserve of men alone? Does the amount of work bestowed on a painting affect its value? Should art celebrate wholesome rural work or reveal the degradations of the industrial workplace? In this highly original book, Tim Barringer considers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300103808
• ISBN13: 9780300103809
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.3" x 10.3"