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Alfred Gilbert's Aestheticism: Gilbert amongst Whistler, Wilde, Leighton, Pater and Burne-Jones
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Visual Culture in Britain
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January 1, 2008
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- Droth, Martina
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Alfred Gilbert's Aestheticism: Gilbert amongst Whistler, Wilde, Leighton, Pater and Burne-Jones, by Jason Edwards, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006, pp.292
Jason Edwards' monograph on Alfred Gilbert is the latest in a small but growing wave of studies focusing on the still much neglected field of nineteenth-century British sculpture. Published in the wake of David Getsy's Body Doubles: Sculpture in Britain 1877-1905 (Yale, 2004) Edwards' reassessment of one of the most important figures of the 'New Sculpture' is timely. While Getsy's book engaged with the reception and critique of the 'academic' sculptures of five key latenineteenth-century figures - Frederic Leighton, Hamo Thornycroft, Alfred ...
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Alfred Gilbert
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;
October 28, 2003 ;
Joyce Pires;
69 words
...MILTON - Alfred Gilbert of Milton died Monday. Husband of the late Sylvia (Levenson) Gilbert, he is survived by a son, Fred Gilbert; a daughter, Andrea...
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One of last Eros copies is yours for just GBP 160,000
Evening Standard - London;
September 2, 1999 ;
Carmen Reid;
260 words
......interested in the statue - one of only 10 copies cast from Sir Alfred Gilbert's original moulds. The moulds were found in the basement...was erected in 1893 as a memorial to Lord Shaftesbury. Sir Alfred Gilbert was paid GBP 3,000 for the work but it cost him more than...
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TAKE A BOW New era for an `Eros', all yours for pounds 120,000-plus
The Independent - London;
September 11, 2002 ;
33 words
...A new casting of one of Britain's best-known sculptures, `Eros', by Alfred Gilbert, has gone on view at the Fine Art Society in New Bond Street, London and is for sale at more than pounds 120,000 Jonathan Evans
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Letter: Love is...(Letters)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
September 19, 2008 ;
99 words
......being replaced in the park. But I was wondering if any of your readers have heard the story that the sculptor's creator, Sir Alfred Gilbert, felt that the statue was more symbolic of Eros's brother, Anteros. I read somewhere that Eros was the god of carnal love...
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Early Eros takes a bow at auction
Evening Standard - London;
September 28, 1999 ;
131 words
...THE figure by Sir Alfred Gilbert which became the prototype for the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus is up for sale tomorrow after being lost for nearly 20 years...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Copy of Eros statue sells at auction for [pounds sterling]90,000.
The Evening Standard (London, England);
October 27, 2004 ;
71 words
......it is made of aluminium and measures 9ft 6ins from wing tip to toe with an 8ft high bronze plinth. A Christie's spokeswoman said: Eros symbolises London and embodies everything that is British. Eros was sculpted by Sir Alfred Gilbert in 1893.
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Hat's a lot of cash for old statue; ART.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);
October 1, 2008 ;
108 words
...A STATUE by the great Victorian sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert that has been used as a hat stand is set to fetch pounds 75,000 at auction. The lad who posed for the bronze also posed for Gilbert...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Queen back on her Throne.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);
September 23, 2003 ;
83 words
......The monument had actually been moved a few yards from its original position. The bronze statue was created by sculptor Alfred Gilbert in 1903 and sits on a pink marble base. Commissioned by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Sir William Haswell Stephenson, the...
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Box Office: My top 10: This week: Richard O'Brien
The Independent on Sunday;
June 15, 2003 ;
279 words
......me as if it's a distillation of every other hymn you've ever heard. Simply beautiful. Artist/artwork: Bronze of Icarus by Alfred Gilbert, who was responsible for Eros in Piccadilly Circus. The work is glorious - it speaks for itself. Building: The Natural History...
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Anniversaries
The Independent - London;
August 12, 1996 ;
300 words
......1753; George IV, King, 1762; Robert Southey, poet, 1774; Sir Joseph Barnby, conductor and academic principal, 1838; Sir Alfred Gilbert, sculptor and goldsmith, 1854; Mary Roberts Rinehart, novelist and playwright, 1876; Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author...
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Car kills wife, mate aids driver
Chicago Sun-Times;
November 13, 1988 ;
130 words
...DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) Alfred Gilbert attended his wife's funeral Wednesday without knowing the bruised and bloodied teenager he had given a ride to four days earlier...
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New Sculpture
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms;
MICHAEL CLARKE and DEBORAH CLARKE;
88 words
......promote ‘ideal’ sculpture, often of single figures and usually in bronze , with the subjects taken from mythology or poetry. Leading exponents included Gilbert Bayes, Sir George Frampton, Sir Alfred Gilbert, and Sir Hamo Thorneycroft
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ASK THE GLOBE
The Boston Globe;
December 16, 1994 ;
122 words
...Q. Who invented the Erector Set toy? L.A., Boston A. That was toy manufacturer Alfred Gilbert, who also invented childrens' chemistry sets. A Yale-educated doctor and Olympic gold medalist in pole vaulting as well as a magician...
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Reviews online August-October, 2006.
The Art Bulletin;
March 1, 2007 ;
787 words
......Victorian Artist: Artists' Lifewritings in Britain, ca. 1870-1910. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Reviewed by David Getsy. DE HAMEL, CHRISTOPHER. The Rothschilds and Their Collections of Illuminated Manuscripts. London: The British Library, 2005...
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