'Writing the lives of painters' : biography and artistic identity in Britain 1760-1810 /
This book explores the development of artists' biographies in the cultural context of 18th- and early 19th-century Britain. It argues that the proliferation of a myriad biographical forms mirrored the privileging of artistic originality and difference within an art world that had yet to generat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Oxford English monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book explores the development of artists' biographies in the cultural context of 18th- and early 19th-century Britain. It argues that the proliferation of a myriad biographical forms mirrored the privileging of artistic originality and difference within an art world that had yet to generate a coherent 'British School' of painting. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199597000 0199597006 9780191616600 0191616605 9780191725357 0191725358 |