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James Northcote, History Painting, and the Fables
Mark Ledbury
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Description for James Northcote, History Painting, and the Fables
Hardback. The artistic accomplishments of James Northcote (1746-1831) have tended to be overshadowed by his role as a biographer of Joshua Reynolds, first President of the Royal Academy of Arts. This book focuses on Northcote's One Hundred Fables (1828), a masterpiece of wood engraving. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 248 pages, 166 color illus. BIC Classification: ACV; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 254 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1776.
The artistic accomplishments of James Northcote (1746–1831) have tended to be overshadowed by his role as a biographer of Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, with whom Northcote apprenticed for five years. Here, Mark Ledbury constructs a very different image of Northcote: that of a prolific member of the Royal Academy and an active participant in the cultural and political circles of the Romantic era, as well as a portrait and history painter in his own right. This book pays particular attention to Northcote’s One Hundred Fables (1828), a masterpiece of wood engraving, and the unconventional, collaged ... Read more
The artistic accomplishments of James Northcote (1746–1831) have tended to be overshadowed by his role as a biographer of Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, with whom Northcote apprenticed for five years. Here, Mark Ledbury constructs a very different image of Northcote: that of a prolific member of the Royal Academy and an active participant in the cultural and political circles of the Romantic era, as well as a portrait and history painter in his own right. This book pays particular attention to Northcote’s One Hundred Fables (1828), a masterpiece of wood engraving, and the unconventional, collaged ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
Yale Center for British Art
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300208139
SKU
V9780300208139
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About Mark Ledbury
Mark Ledbury is Power Professor of Art History and director of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney.
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