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The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt

The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt 'The Body of the Public'

Paperback (03 Apr 1995)

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Publisher's Synopsis

What is the function of painting in a commercial society? John Barrell discusses how British artists and writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, William Blake, and James Barry attempted to answer this question. His provocative and illuminating book offers a new perspective on both art criticism and eighteenth-century British culture.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780300063554
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 750.118094109033
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 366
Weight: 416g
Height: 215mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 23mm