Studies in British Art – serie
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Towards a Modern Art World
Studies in British Art I
Av Brian Allen
Inbunden, 1995
408 kr
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When the story of modern art is told, British artists are mentioned infrequently or not at all. In this book, distinguished art historians attempt to explain the marginal position of British modern art by examining the development of the London art world—its institutions and individual artists—over …
Albion's Classicism
The Visual Arts in Britain, 1550-1660
Av Lucy Gent
Inbunden, 1996
559 kr
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Visual arts in Britain between 1550 and 1650 have long been considered part of the classical Italian Renaissance canon. Now a distinguished group of scholars demonstrates that attitudes to classical art were in fact somewhat ambivalent during this period in Britain (or, as it is called poetically, …
Transports
Travel, Pleasure, and Imaginative Geography, 1600-1830
Inbunden, 1996
509 kr
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In this rich exploration of the era of the Grand Tour, contributors from the fields of history, art history, literary history and theory, science history, and anthropology investigate the experiences of travelers and their ways of understanding and representing their encounters with the foreign. …
Those Delightful Regions of Imagination
Essays on George Romney
Av Alex Kidson
Inbunden, 2002
421 kr
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This collection of writings by specialists from many disciplines explores a wide range of topics relating to English painter George Romney (1734–1802). The contributors to the book address not only Romney’s personality and artistic practice, but also aspects of the cultural context of his work, …
After Sir Joshua
Essays on British Art and Cultural History
Inbunden, 2005
467 kr
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Following in the methodological footsteps of his prize-winning Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Painter in Society, Richard Wendorf’s new book on British art in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is an experiment in cultural history, combining the analysis of specific artistic objects with an …
John Talman
An Early-Eighteenth-Century Connoisseur
Av Cinzia Sicca
Inbunden, 2009
555 kr
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Contributions by Christopher Baker, Cristina Borgioli, Louisa M. Connor Bulman, Antonella Capitanio, Marco Collareta, Peter Davidson, Francisco Freddolini, Cristiano Giometti, John Harris, Elisabeth Kieven, and Cinzia Maria Sicca This handsome book is the only full-length study of John Talman …
Edwardian Sense
Art, Design, and Performance in Britain, 1901-1910
Av Morna O'Neill, Michael Hatt
Inbunden, 2010
555 kr
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Although numerous studies have explored the Edwardian period (1901–1910) as one of political and social change, this innovative book is the first to explore how art, design, and performance not only registered those changes but helped to precipitate them. While acknowledging familiar divisions …
Notorious Muse
The Actress in British Art and Culture 1776–1812
Inbunden, 2003
499 kr
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In this interdisciplinary volume, historians of art, literature, dress, and theater examine the impact of the actress on British art and culture of the Georgian era. From the celebrated doyennes of the stage to the demireps on the periphery of the profession, female performers are shown to have …
Architecture of British Transport in the Twentieth Century
Av Julian Holder, Steven Parissien
Inbunden, 2005
588 kr
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Transport buildings—railway stations, airport terminals, bus and coach stations, motorway service areas, filling stations, and garages—are such a part of everyday scenery they are easily overlooked. This book is the first to take a close look at the architecture of British transport buildings of …
Politics, Transgression, and Representation at the Court of Charles II
Av Catharine MacLeod, Julia Marciari Alexander
Inbunden, 2008
611 kr
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The return of Charles II to the English throne after eleven years of Interregnum heralded the beginning of a new era in which the court was characterized by the licentious behavior of the new king. Edited by the authors of the critically acclaimed Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II …
Anglo-Florentine Renaissance
Art for the Early Tudors
Av Cinzia Sicca, Louis Waldman
Inbunden, 2012
678 kr
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Under the rule of Henry VII (r. 1485-1509) England became a powerful nation. The Tudor court sought to express its worldliness and political clout through major artistic commissions, employing Florentine sculptors and painters to create lavish new interiors, suitable for entertaining foreign …
William Henry Fox Talbot
Beyond Photography
Av Eleanor Robson, Graham Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
678 kr
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William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) was a British pioneer in photography, yet he also embraced the wider preoccupations of the Victorian Age—a time that saw many political, social, intellectual, technical, and industrial changes. His manuscripts, now in the archive of the British Library, reveal …
Court, Country, City
British Art and Architecture, 1660–1735
Av Mark Hallett, Nigel Llewellyn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
746 kr
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The late 17th and early 18th centuries saw profound changes in Britain and in its visual arts. This volume provides fresh perspectives on the art of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods, focusing on the concepts, spaces, and audiences of court, country, and city as reflected in an array of …
