Allegories of Temporal Experience: The Late Work of Frederic Leighton

Author

Sarah V. Leonard, Georgia State UniversityFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-11-2013

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Art and Design

First Advisor

Maria P. Gindhart

Second Advisor

John Decker

Third Advisor

Susan Richmond

Abstract

The late paintings of Victorian artist Frederic Leighton generally embody an abstract idea or concept instead of a specific story or moral. Many of these images express humanity's experience of the passage of time as it relates to life, death, and rebirth. Leighton's paintings The Garden of the Hesperides, Lachrymae, and Flaming June represent allegories of timelessness, death, and regeneration, respectively.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.57709/4075066

Recommended Citation

Leonard, Sarah V., "Allegories of Temporal Experience: The Late Work of Frederic Leighton." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4075066