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One of the most visible, popular, and significant artists of his
generation, William Hogarth (1697-1764) is best known for his
acerbic, strongly moralising works, which were mass-produced and
widely disseminated as prints during his lifetime. This volume is a
fascinating look into the notorious English satirical artist's
life, presenting Anecdotes of William Hogarth, Written by Himself-a
collection of autobiographical vignettes supplemented with short
texts and essays written by his contemporaries, first published in
1785.
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Lives of Blake (Paperback)
Henry Crabb Robinson, John Thomas Smith, Alexander Gilchrist; Edited by Martin Myrone
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R297
R253
Discovery Miles 2 530
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William Blake (1757-1827), hailed as 'the glorious luminary' by
William Rossetti, is one of the great mystics in the history of
Western art. His hallucinatory paintings, watercolours and, in
particular, the illustrations he made for his books of poetry are
instantly recognisable, and have inspired generations of artists in
his wake. Although he was largely ignored by his contemporaries, or
de rided as mad, a number of perceptive critics and commentators
took great interest in both the man and his work. This volume
brings together some of the most illuminating writings by people
who knew Blake, and brings this astonishing visionary to life. They
include the frank appraisal by the hugely percep tive diarist Crabb
Robinson, never before published in full in English, and the first
full biography by Blake's friend and fellow artist John Thomas
Smith, as well as Alexander Gilchrist's Preliminary, whihc heralded
the arrival of Blake in the 19th Century.
First published in 1999, this volume examines antiquarianism which
had its roots in Renaissance thought and was a popular intellectual
and cultural pursuit throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. The antiquarian work of collecting, compiling and
presenting material which exposed the past was seminal to the
formation of social and national identities. These essays evaluate
the cultural and poltical implications of antiquarianism in the
period 1700-1850. The volume also considers how the antiquarians
laid the foundations of later museum culture and the discipline of
history. With a preface by Stephen Bann and introduced by Martin
Myrone and Lucy Peltz, Producing the Past has contributions from
Stephen Bending, Alexandrina Buchanan, Susan A. Crane, David
Haycock, Maria Grazia Lolla, Heather MacLennan, Martin Myrone, Lucy
Peltz, Annegret Pelz, Sam Smiles and Johann Reusch.
First published in 1999, this volume examines antiquarianism which
had its roots in Renaissance thought and was a popular intellectual
and cultural pursuit throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. The antiquarian work of collecting, compiling and
presenting material which exposed the past was seminal to the
formation of social and national identities. These essays evaluate
the cultural and poltical implications of antiquarianism in the
period 1700-1850. The volume also considers how the antiquarians
laid the foundations of later museum culture and the discipline of
history. With a preface by Stephen Bann and introduced by Martin
Myrone and Lucy Peltz, Producing the Past has contributions from
Stephen Bending, Alexandrina Buchanan, Susan A. Crane, David
Haycock, Maria Grazia Lolla, Heather MacLennan, Martin Myrone, Lucy
Peltz, Annegret Pelz, Sam Smiles and Johann Reusch.
Exploring the myths and realities of the origins of the "modern
artist" in Britain The artist has been a privileged figure in the
modern age, embodying ideals of personal and political freedom and
self-fulfillment. Does it matter who gets to be an artist? And do
our deeply held beliefs stand up to scrutiny? Making the Modern
Artist gets to the root of these questions by exploring the
historical genesis of the figure of the artist. Based on an
unprecedented biographical survey of almost 1,800 students at the
Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1769 and 1830, the book
reveals hidden stories about family origins, personal networks, and
patterns of opportunity and social mobility. Locating the emergence
of the "modern artist" in the crucible of Romantic Britain, rather
than in 19th-century Paris or 20th-century New York, it reconnects
the story of art with the advance of capitalism and demonstrates
surprising continuities between liberal individualism and state
formation, our dreams of personal freedom, and the social suffering
characteristic of the modern era. Distributed for the Paul Mellon
Centre for Studies in British Art
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William Blake (Hardcover)
Martin Myrone, Amy Concannon; Afterword by Alan Moore
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R1,393
R1,113
Discovery Miles 11 130
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An authoritative look at William Blake's life and enduring
relevance as a prophetic artist, poet, and printmaker William Blake
(1757-1827) created some of the most iconic images in the history
of art. He was a countercultural prophet whose personal struggles,
technical innovations, and revelatory vision have inspired
generations of artists. This marvelously illustrated book explores
the biographical, artistic, and political contexts that shaped
Blake's work, and demonstrates why he was a singularly gifted
visual artist with renewed relevance for us today. The book
explores Blake's relationship with the art world of his time and
provides new perspectives on his craft as a printmaker, poet,
watercolorist, and painter. It makes sense of the profound
historical forces with which he contended during his lifetime, from
revolutions in America and France to the dehumanizing effects of
industrialization. Readers gain incomparable insights into Blake's
desire for recognition and commercial success, his role as social
critic, his visionary experience of London, his hatred of empire,
and the bitter disappointments that drove him to retire from the
world in his final years. What emerges is a luminous portrait of a
complicated and uncompromising artist who was at once a heretic,
mystic, saint, and cynic. With an afterword by Alan Moore, this
handsome volume features many of the most sublime and exhilarating
images Blake ever produced. It brings together watercolors,
paintings, and prints, and draws from such illuminated masterpieces
as Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Europe a Prophecy, and
apocalyptic works such as Milton and Jerusalem. Published in
association with Tate Exhibition Schedule Tate Britain, London
September 11, 2019-February 2, 2020
It was a century of war (mostly) and peace (occasionally), of
extraordinary wealth and grinding poverty, gargantuan appetites and
desperate famines, high ideals and hypocrisy, a century of
intellectual, social and religious turmoil. In this fertile
turbulence flourished one of Britain's greatest artists: painter,
printmaker, satirist, and social critic William Hogarth, of whom
the essayist and poet Charles Lamb once said, 'Other pictures we
look at; his pictures we read'. Illustrating the full range of
Hogarth's most important paintings and prints, this book shows them
in a new light, juxtaposed with work by major European
contemporaries who influenced him or took their inspiration from
him in their painting of modern life - including Watteau, Chardin,
Troost and Longhi. Hogarth is revealed not only as a key figure in
British art history, but also as a major European artist. It is
also a tale of four cities: London, Paris, Venice and Amsterdam,
represented in maps from the period. The themes of city life,
social protest, sexuality and satire which come to the fore in the
art of Hogarth and his contemporaries are very much live today.
This original book explores the radical transformation of the
heroic male body in late eighteenth-century British art. It ranges
across a period in which a modern art world was established, taking
into account the lives and careers of a succession of major
figures--from Benjamin West and Gavin Hamilton to Henry Fuseli,
John Flaxman and William Blake--and influential institutions, from
the Royal Academy to the commercial galleries of the
1790s.Organized around the historical traumas of the Seven Years'
War (1756-63), the War of American Independence (1775-83) and the
French Revolution and Revolutionary Wars (1789-1815),
"Bodybuilding" places the visual representation of the hero at the
heart of a series of narratives about social and economic change,
gender identity, and the transformation of cultural value on the
eve of modernity. The book offers a vivid image of a critical
period in Britain's cultural history and establishes a new
framework for the study of late-eighteenth-century art and gender.
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