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The Artist as Original Genius: Shakespeare´s ´Fine Frenzy´ in Late Eighteenth-Century British Art
William L. Pressly
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Hardback. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 235 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1057.
This book examines the first generation of artists in Britain to define themselves as history painters, attempting what then was considered to be art's most exalted category. These ambitious artists, including John Hamilton Mortimer, Henry Fuseli, Alexander and John Runciman, James Barry, James Jefferys, George Romney, John Flaxman, and William Blake, most of whom were born in the 1740s and 60s, were presented with the challenge of how best to compete with the continental old masters when they had only an impoverished native tradition on which to build. They cultivated the concept of the artist as an original genius, a ... Read more
This book examines the first generation of artists in Britain to define themselves as history painters, attempting what then was considered to be art's most exalted category. These ambitious artists, including John Hamilton Mortimer, Henry Fuseli, Alexander and John Runciman, James Barry, James Jefferys, George Romney, John Flaxman, and William Blake, most of whom were born in the 1740s and 60s, were presented with the challenge of how best to compete with the continental old masters when they had only an impoverished native tradition on which to build. They cultivated the concept of the artist as an original genius, a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611493221
SKU
V9781611493221
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About William L. Pressly
William L. Pressly is a professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland.
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