Writing the Lives of Painters Biography and Artistic Identity in Britain 1760-1810 |
|
| Author:
| Junod, Karen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-161660-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
|
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $216.00 |
Book Description:
|
This book explores the development of artists' biographies in the cultural context of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. It argues that the proliferation of a myriad biographical forms mirrored the privileging of artistic originality and difference within an art world that had yet to generate a coherent 'British School' of painting.
This book explores the development of artists' biographies in the cultural context of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. It argues that the proliferation of a myriad biographical forms mirrored the privileging of artistic originality and difference within an art world that had yet to generate a coherent 'British School' of painting.