This fully illustrated study examines the construction of masculinity in culture based on an analysis of pictorial representations of the male in a wide range of contexts: social, historical, legal, literary, institutional, anthropological, educational, marital, imperial and aesthetic. 'Arich source of information and comment on less-known Victorian painters.' TLS 'Useful insights into masculinity as a factor in nineteenth-century British culture.' Oxford Art Journal 'Powerful and provocative text ... overall commanding caliber of thought and scholarship.' Albion 'Kestner's book is an outstanding example of an interdisciplinary study equally expert in theory, literature and art.' Victorian Periodicals Review 'This book...provides a useful survey of the recent literature on masculinites, and draws attention to what has been a neglected subject.' Art History 'This thoughtful book, profusely illustrated in sharply defined black-and -white plates, will repay attention by students of both gender studies and Victorian art.' Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 'Kestner's book is enormously important. He offers a pioneering exploration of the range of masculinities represented in British painting from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s...Art, literary, and social historians as well as theorists will find Masculinities in Victorian Painting invaluable.' Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies