Raphael's seven large gouache paintings, called cartoons, that
weavers used in creating tapestries for the Sistine Chapel nearly
500 years ago exerted enormous influence on the development of
painting in England in the 18th century. This volume focuses on
copies of the cartoons painted between 1729 and 1731 by Sir James
Thornhill, England's foremost history painter.
Thornhill's painted copies, together with a variety of engraved
versions, were pivotal in the development of the "British School".
As an extension of Thornhill's early efforts to formalize the
training of British artists, these copies played an important part
in the prelude to the founding of the Royal Academy in 1786. The
intention was also political: to bolster England's position in
relation to France by showing that the very best of Raphael was
lodged on British soil. Essays explore issues about the use and
reuse of the past and about the art of copying as a reproductive as
well as a creative process.
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