Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Painter in Society,
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That Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) became the most fashionable painter of his time was not simply due to his artistic gifts or good fortune. The art of pleasing, Richard Wendorf contends, was as much a part of Reynolds's success--in his life and in his work--as the art of painting. The author's examination of Reynolds's life and career illuminates the nature of eighteenth-century English society in relation to the enterprise of portrait-painting...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:067480967X
ISBN13:9780674809673
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:265 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 8.7"
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