The Elements of Life: Biography and Portrait-Painting in Stuart and Georgian England

by Richard Wendorf

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In this bold new study, Wendorf compares two arts--biography and portrait-painting--that have often been linked in a casual way but whose historical connections have remained unexplored. Reassessing the great age of English portraiture--from the arrival of Van Dyck to the publication of Boswell's Life of Johnson--Wendorf reveals that, despite their obvious differences, visual and verbal portraits often shared similar assumptions about the representation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198117205

ISBN13:9780198117209

Release Date:March 1990

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:332 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

17th Century Biographies British & Irish Criticism & Theory Drama England Europe History History & Criticism Language Arts

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