The Nest of Wild Stones
Paul Nash’s Geological Realism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21158755 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Reid (0000-0001-5232-8014, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-215 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Culture in Britain (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-4787 • E-ISSN: 1941-8361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14714787.2018.1470028 |
| OpenAlex | W2810374663 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article reads the work of English artist Paul Nash in the context of geological discovery in the early twentieth century and during the interwar period. The new knowledge of radioactivity followed by pioneering geophysical research in England, led by Arthur Holmes and presented in his book The Age of The Earth, transformed perceptions of reality itself. Nash’s work in the English landscape tradition was confluent with this new knowledge. This article describes Nash’s works beyond the bounds of extant modernist, neo-romantic and surrealist accounts. It also redefines the ‘Englishness’ of his oeuvre. When read as a geological realism, Nash’s work is visible as a rich precedent to realisms of the twenty-first century
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Biology · Extant taxon · Literature · Realism · Romance · Archaeological Research and Protection · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |