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Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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The most acute, reliable and illuminating contemporary biography of
Sir Joshua Reynolds, the father of English painting. Sir Joshua
Reynolds (1723-1792) was the first superstar of British art.
Ambition and application turned a talent for painting into genius
and made him the first English painter of European stature - an
especially impressive feat considering that his chosen field,
portraiture, was often disregarded. His own position at the very
heart of British intellectual life, as the close friend of Johnson,
Burke, Garrick, Fox, Goldsmith and Sheridan gave painting an
importance it had never had - as talked about and occasionally as
controversial as Britart today. Reynolds' social and intellectual
success - he was also the author of the "Discourses", the most
important work of art theory hitherto published - combined with his
crucial role as the first President of the Royal Academy,
transformed the way art was made, appreciated, and enjoyed in
Britain. All aspects of this astonishing life and career are
examined with an acute eye by Joseph Farington, a fellow painter
and Academician of the next generation, and the best diarist of his
day.Farington knew Reynolds and was close to many of his intimates.
His account, the most penetrating and impressive of the
contemporary writings about Reynolds, tells the story of the life
and gives a fascinating assessment of Reynolds' importance to
British art. This edition is the first publication since 1819 of
"Farington's Memoirs". They are introduced by the leading expert on
the painter, Dr. Martin Postle, who elucidates the historical and
artistic context of the Memoirs and of the man who wrote them. 42
pages of colour illustrations cover the span of Reynold's
astonishing output.
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