Format:
272 S.
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zahlr. Ill.
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27 cm
ISBN:
1906270147
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9781906270148
Content:
"This book accompanies the first major exhibition held in Britain to focus on the more intimate types of Georgian and Regency portraiture. While oil paintings and sculpture dominated the public arena of portraiture, more private portraits were being created for domestic consumption and display. Nearly two hundred works, drawn from the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland and the British Museum, by leading artists including Gainsborough, Ramsay, Wilkie and Lawrence, are illustrated and catalogued within thematic sections on self-portraits, depictions of family and friends and commissioned portraits of the rising middle classes and the celebrities of the day. The two introductory essays by the co-curators Stephen Lloyd and Kim Sloan discuss aspects of the intimacy in viewing."--BOOK JACKET
Note:
Includes index and bibliographical references (p. 263-269)
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Intimate viewing :the private face and public display of portraits in miniature and on paper
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Drawing for business or drawing for pleasure? :the place of portraits on paper
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The miniature portrait :continuing the tradition ; Pastel portraits :"painting in crayons" ; Self-portraits ; Portraits of artist's families and friends ; From Merchant to Marquis :portraits En masse ; The art of celebrity.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Bildnismalerei
;
Geschichte 1700-1900
;
Zeichnung
;
Bildnis
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