An Essay upon Prints by William Gilpin
Clergyman, schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics, William Gilpin (1724 1804) is best known for his works on the picturesque. His approach as a teacher was enlightened: during his time as headmaster of Cheam School, his aim was to prepare his pupils for life. Moving in 1777 to become vicar of Boldre, Hampshire, where he remained for the rest of his life, he was able to endow two schools there with income from his successful writings. This knowledgeable appraisal of the print as an art form, and of its foremost practitioners, was first published anonymously in 1768 to positive reviews. It defines picturesque as 'a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture'. Gilpin further developed and explored the concept in his volumes of Observations on various parts of Britain, which are also reissued in this series.-
Contrasts
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The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture
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A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture
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Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones
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An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture, from the Conquest to the Reformation
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An Autobiography
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Letters of an Architect from France, Italy and Greece
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Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain
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Correspondence and Table-Talk
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Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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A Letter to H. Repton, Esq., on the Application of the Practice as Well as the Principles of Landscape-Painting to Landscape-Gardening
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Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Volume 1
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Volume 1
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Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Volume 2
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Volume 2
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A Memoir of Thomas Bewick Written by Himself
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Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, Historical Painter
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Autobiographical Recollections
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The Genuine Works of William Hogarth
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An Encyclopaedia of Architecture
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The Life and Studies of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London
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A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture
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Nollekens and his Times
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An Historical Essay on Architecture: Volume 2
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An Historical Essay on Architecture: Volume 1
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First Additional Supplement to the Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture
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The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
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The Life of J. M. W. Turner
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Fresh Leaves and Green Pastures
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More Leaves from a Life
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Leaves from a Life
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The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Ll.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., etc., Late President of the Royal Academy: Volume 2
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The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Ll.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., etc., Late President of the Royal Academy: Volume 1
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Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England
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Hogarth's London
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An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture
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The Bewick Collector
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Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages
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The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108066785 |
| ISBN 10 | 110806678X |
| Title | An Essay upon Prints |
| Author | William Gilpin |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Art And Architecture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2014-03-20 |
| Number of pages | 278 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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