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Overbeck
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Published in the late 19th century, "Overbeck" by J. Beavington Atkinson is a biographical account of Johann Friedrich Overbeck, a German painter associated with the Nazarene movement. The work provides a detailed overview of Overbeck's life, highlighting his early years in Lübeck, where familial and religious influences shaped his artistic inclinations, and his subsequent move to Vienna. It discusses his efforts to revive Christian themes in art during a period marked by competing artistic styles and conventions, as well as his personal spiritual convictions that motivated his work. The biography examines his artistic development, influences, and the disillusionment he experienced at the Vienna academy, offering insight into his pursuit of spiritual expression through visual art within a historical context of shifting artistic paradigms.
The book is a factual biography that situates Overbeck’s life and work within late 19th-century artistic and religious movements, emphasising his role in religious art revival.
The book is a factual biography that situates Overbeck’s life and work within late 19th-century artistic and religious movements, emphasising his role in religious art revival.
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The following volumes, each illustrated with from 14 to 20 Engravings, are now ready, price 3s. 6d. Those marked with an asterisk are 2s. 6d. GIOTTO. By Harry Quilter , M.A. FRA ANGELICO. By C. M. Phillimore . FRA BARTOLOMMEO AND ANDREA DEL SARTO. By Leader Scott . MANTEGNA AND FRANCIA. By Julia Cartwright . GHIBERTI AND DONATELLO.* By Leader Scott . LUCA DELLA ROBBIA.* By Leader Scott . [ Nearly ready. LEONARDO DA VINCI. By Dr. J. Paul Richter . MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI. By Charles Clément . RAPHAEL. By N. D'Anvers . TITIAN. By R. F. Heath , M.A. TINTORETTO. By W. R. Osler . CORREGGIO.* By M. Compton Heaton . VELAZQUEZ. By E. Stowe , M.A. MURILLO.* By Ellen E. Minor . ALBRECHT DÜRER. By R. F. Heath , M.A. THE LITTLE MASTERS OF GERMANY. By W. B. Scott . HANS HOLBEIN. By Joseph Cundall . OVERBECK. By J. Beavington Atkinson . REMBRANDT. By J. W. Mollett , B.A. RUBENS. By C. W. Kett , M.A. VAN DYCK AND HALS. By P. R. Head , B.A. FIGURE PAINTERS OF HOLLAND. By Lord Ronald Gower , F.S.A. CLAUDE LORRAIN.* By Owen J. Dullea . [ In preparation. WATTEAU.* By J. W. Mollett , B.A. [ In preparation. VERNET AND DELAROCHE. By J. Ruutz Rees . ROUSSEAU AND MILLET. By W. E. Henley . [ In preparation. MEISSONIER.* By J. W. Mollett , B.A. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. By F. S. Pulling , M.A. WILLIAM HOGARTH. By Austin Dobson . GAINSBOROUGH AND CONSTABLE. By G. Brock‑Arnold , M.A. ROMNEY AND LAWRENCE.* By Lord Ronald Gower , F.S.A. TURNER. By Cosmo Monkhouse . SIR DAVID WILKIE. By J. W. Mollett , B.A. CROME AND THE NORWICH SCHOOL.* By C. Monkhouse . [ Preparing. SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. By F. G. Stephens . "The whole world without Art would be one great wilderness." OVERBECK BY J. BEAVINGTON ATKINSON AUTHOR OF 'SCHOOLS OF MODERN ART IN GERMANY,' ETC. NEW YORK SCRIBNER AND WELFORD LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON 1882. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE A. J. BERESFORD HOPE, ESQ., M.P., LL.D., THE KIND FRIEND OF ARTISTS, THE FERVENT UPHOLDER OF CHRISTIAN ART, This Life OF THE CHRISTIAN PAINTER J. FRIEDRICH OVERBECK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. I N offering to the public the first complete biography yet attempted of the painter Overbeck, I wish to give a few words in explanation. The task…
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