George Eliot and the Visual Arts was published by Yale University Press in 1979 and has been included in the Victorian Web with the kind permission of the author, who of course retains copyright.
- List of illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- George Eliot's Knowledge of the Visual Arts
- George Eliot's Pictorial Taste
- George Eliot's Theory of Ut Pictura Poesis
- Portraiture and Knowledge of Character
- History Painting and Idealization of Character
- Genre Painting and Common Life
- Landscape and the Beholder
- Frederic Leighton's Illustrations of Romola
- Conclusion
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Last modified 1 January 2025