The Artist as Original Genius: Shakespeare's 'Fine Frenzy' in Late Eighteenth-Century British Art
(Part of the Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art and Culture Series)
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This book examines the first generation of artists in Britain to define themselves as history painters, attempting what then was considered to be art's most exalted category. These ambitious artists, including John Hamilton Mortimer, Henry Fuseli, Alexander and John Runciman, James Barry, James Jefferys, George Romney, John Flaxman, and William Blake, most of whom were born in the 1740s and 60s, were presented with the challenge of how best to compete...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1611493226
ISBN13:9781611493221
Release Date:December 2007
Publisher:University of Delaware Press
Length:235 Pages
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