A Lack of a Name, of Artistic Value, and of a Positive Perception
Overlooking Amateur Artists in Scholarly Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22126100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy Wiertz (0000-0002-3286-9785, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-129 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2379-3163 • E-ISSN: 2379-3171 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/707694 |
| OpenAlex | W3033254531 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
For a long time, amateur artists were not regarded as a serious subject in art-historical research. Commonly cited reasons for this late interest were their relatively obscure names or even total anonymity, the low expectations regarding the artistic quality of their work and the negative perception of these nonprofessional artists. Yet the late interest in amateur artists is striking considering the wealth of nonacademic literature on the amateur as a figure: from how-to manuals, journalism, biographies, diaries, letters, and other archival materials. Through an analysis of the historiography of amateur artists I study how societal changes influenced the evolution of research on amateur artists. Aristocratic amateur artists in Belgium during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries serve as a case study
Aesthetics · Amateur · Archaeology · Art · Comparative historical research · Historiography · Journalism · Library science · Literature · Media studies · Newspaper · Perception · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Art History and Market Analysis · Cultural History and Identity Formation · Data Analysis and Archiving · History · Psychology
Una historia de la fotografía desde las prácticas amateurs
Du manuel de dessin à l'académie. La formation des artistes amatrices de la noblesse à Bruxelles au 19e siècle
From drawing manual to academy. The training of Brussels 19th-century female amateur artists pertaining to the nobility
Van tekenhandleiding tot academie. De opleiding van adellijke amateurkunstenaressen in Brussel in de 19e eeuw
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |