Sir Joshua Reynolds by Richard Wendorf
That Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) became the most fashionable painter of his time was not simply due to his artistic gifts or good fortune. The art of pleasing, Richard Wendorf contends, was as much a part of Reynold's success - in his life and in his work - as the art of painting. Conceived as an experiment in cultural criticism, written along the fault lines of art history and literary studies, this text explores the ways in which portrait-painting is embedded in the social fabric of a given culture as well as in the social and professional transaction between the artist and his or her subject. In addition to providing another view of Reynolds, Wendorf's book develops a different way of interpreting portraiture.
Wendorf Richard
Richard Wendorf is Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum. Among his other books in eighteenth-century studies is The Elements of Life: Biography and Portrait-Painting in Stuart and Georgian England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674809673 |
| ISBN 10 | 067480967X |
| Title | Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| Author | Richard Wendorf |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1998-01-20 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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