1 option
Reynolds : portraiture in action / Mark Hallett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hallett, Mark, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Portrait painting, English--18th century.
- Portrait painting, English.
- Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792--Criticism and interpretation.
- Reynolds, Joshua.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 488 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Published for Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "A deeply researched and elegantly written study on Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)-- Georgian England's most celebrated portraitist and the first president of the British Royal Academy of Arts-- this invaluable volume explores all aspects of Reynolds's portraiture. Mark Hallett provides detailed, compelling readings of Reynolds's most celebrated and striking works, investigating the ways in which they were appreciated and understood in his own lifetime. Recovering the artist's dynamic interaction with his sitters and patrons, and revealing the dramatic impact of his portraits within the burgeoning exhibition culture of late-eighteenth-century London, Hallett also unearths the intimate relationship between Reynolds's paintings and graphic art. Reynolds: portraiture in action offers a new understanding of the artist's career within the extremely competitive London art world and takes readers into the engrossing debates and controversies that captivated the city and its artists"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Learning about portraiture
- On the road
- Making a reputation
- Celebrity and exhibition
- The faces of war
- Painting the Graces
- The Academy project
- Pall Mall pastoral
- The Streatham Worthies
- Family matters
- The Prince of Wales at Somerset House
- Point counterpoint.
- Notes:
- Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on May 5, 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300267631
- 0300267630
- OCLC:
- 1314328845
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.