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British Painting William Vaughan

British Painting von William Vaughan

British Painting William Vaughan


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Zusammenfassung

The period from the early works of Hogarth (about 1730) to the death of Turner (1851) was the golden age of British painting. William Vaughan discusses the key personalities and analyzes the class structure, political background, and economic factors that governed the art market.

British Painting Zusammenfassung

British Painting: The Golden Age William Vaughan

The period from the early works of Hogarth (about 1730) to the death of Turner (1851) was the golden age of British painting, bringing it into the forefront of European art. The main figures are Hogarth, Ramsay, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Lawrence, Blake, Constable and Turner. William Vaughan discusses the key personalities and analyses the class structure, political background, including the effects of the Napoleonic Wars, and economic factors that governed the art market.

Über William Vaughan

William Vaughan is Professor of the History of Art at Birkbeck College, London. After studying at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford and the Courtauld Institute, London, he became an Assistant Keeper at the Tate Gallery, London. In 1972 he was appointed as lecturer at University College, London, until he took up the professorship at Birkbeck. He is the author of numerous articles and books on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century painting, including Romanticism and Art (2nd edition, 1994). In 1998 he was chosen to deliver the Paul Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery, London, on the subject of British Painting. Professor Vaughan is married with two children.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - painting and the Hanoverian era. Part 1 Portraiture and society: portraying society - Hogarth's modern moralities; the portrait business; conversations; the grand portrait. Part 2 High art and high life: the Academy; the tragedy of British history painting; vision; from caricature to cartoon. Part 3 Low art and low life: everyday art; animals; the other traditions; the nature of landscape; travel and topography; arcadias; landscape and history; the case of late Turner.

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GOR001498496
9780500203194
0500203199
British Painting: The Golden Age William Vaughan
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Thames & Hudson Ltd
1999-05-07
256
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