Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity - Couverture souple

Postle, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1854375644 ISBN 13 : 9781854375643

Editeur : Tate, 2005

Synopsis

Joshua Reynolds : The Creation of Celebrity examines Reynolds in the social, political and cultural context of a century thal cultivated a very modern notion of fame. This new approach to Reynolds considers his life and career in terms of a conscious quest for celebrity. Reynolds surrounded himself with the must famous men and women of his time : the rich, the powerful, the beauliful and the notorious. His portraits served to create, reinforce and advertise not only his subject's reputation but also his own. It is, therefore, no surprise that Reynolds made no fewer than twenty-seven self-portraits in which he purposefully perpeluated his well-crafted public image as artist, academic and arbiter of taste. Joshua Reynolds : The Creation of Celebrity features many of Reynolds's must famous and beautiful portraits. Individual sections consider the friendships Reynolds cultivated with the famous and infamous figures of his time : politicians ; courtesans ; literary figures ; war heroes ; and aristocrats. These flamboyant and influential subjects helped to promote and sustain Reynolds's distinguished career and, ultimately, to secure his enduring popularity with audiences today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Martin Postle is Curator, and Head of British Art to 1900, at Tate, and the author, with David Mannings, of Sir Joshua Reynolds : A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings (2000). Mark Hallett is Reader in History of Art and a member of the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of York, and the author of The Spectacle of Difference : Graphic Satire in the Age of Hogarth (1999) and Hogarth (2000). Tim Clayton is an author and historian. His publications include The English Print 1688-1802 (1997) and, most recently, Trafalgar : The Men, The Battle, The Storm (2004). Stella Tillyard is the author of The Impact of Modernism (1988), and Aristocrats (1994).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tate
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1854375644
• ISBN 13: 9781854375643
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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