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Maria Spilsbury (1776-1820) - Artist and Evangelical (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Maria Spilsbury (1776-1820) - Artist and Evangelical (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Maria Spilsbury Taylor (1776-1820) lived and worked in London and
Ireland and was patronized by the Prince Regent. A painter of
portraits, genre scenes, biblical subjects and large crowd
compositions - an unusual feature in women's art of this period -
she is represented in major museums and art galleries as well as in
numerous private collections. Her work, hitherto considered on a
purely decorative level, merits closer attention. For the first
time, this volume argues the relevance of Spilsbury's religious
background, and in particular her evangelical and Moravian
connections, to the interpretation of her art and examines her
pervasive, and often inovert references to the Bible, hymnody and
religious writing. The art that emerges is distinctly Protestant
and evangelical, offering a vivid illustration of the mood of
patriotic, Protestant fervour that characterized the quarter
century succeeding the French revolution. This focus may be
situated in the general context of increasing interest in the
religious faith of historical actors - men and women - in the
eighteenth century, and in the related contexts of growing
acknowledgement of a religious aspect to "enlightenment" art, as
well as investigations into Protestant culture in Ireland. The book
is extensively illustrated and contains a list of all of
Spilsbury's known works.
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