Imaginary Portraits

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Imaginary Portraits is a collection of philosophical and aesthetic short stories by Walter Pater that exemplifies his refined prose style and impressionistic approach to character and history.

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instanceOf literary work
philosophical fiction
short story collection
author Walter Pater
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception highly regarded in aesthetic criticism
genre aesthetic fiction
philosophical fiction
short stories
hasFictionalForm imaginary biographies
hasForm prose
hasPart A Prince of Court Painters
Denys l’Auxerrois
Duke Carl of Rosenmold
Sebastian van Storck
hasSubject artistic sensibility
historical imagination
individualism
skepticism
influencedBy French aesthetic criticism
German Romanticism
Renaissance art
intendedAudience adult readers
language English
literaryMovement Aestheticism
Decadent movement
linked to: Decadentism
mainTheme aesthetics
history and culture
personality and character
philosophy of art
medium print
narrativeApproach impressionistic
notableFor exemplifying Walter Pater’s mature style
fusion of philosophy and fiction
impressionistic treatment of historical figures
numberOfStories 4
period Victorian literature
proseStyle refined
publicationYear 1887
publisher Macmillan and Co.
relatedWork Marius the Epicurean
The Renaissance
setting Renaissance and post-Renaissance periods
early modern Europe
structure loosely connected narratives

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Walter Pater notableWork Imaginary Portraits
Marius the Epicurean relatedWork Imaginary Portraits