“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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Main Author: Beebe, Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: 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
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
CE Christian art
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Office
B John Frederick Kensett
B Character
B Ralph Waldo Emerson
B luminism
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