John Gibson - Couverture souple

Frasca-Rath, Anna; Wickham, Annette

 
9781910350577: John Gibson
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1910350575 ISBN 13 : 9781910350577
Editeur : Royal Academy of Arts, 2016

Synopsis

Born in Gyffin, near Conway, Wales, John Gibson (1790–1866) moved with his family to Liverpool, where he trained as a cabinet-maker and mason. The historian and banker William Roscoe whetted Gibson’s appetite for classical statuary, and provided him with a scholarship and funds to visit Rome. Gibson arrived in the city in 1817 and entered the workshop of Europe’s pre-eminent sculptor: Antonio Canova. Soon acclaimed in his own right, Gibson remained in the city until his death in 1866. Contact with artists and patrons on the Grand Tour ensured lasting links with Britain, and this publication highlights Gibson’s sculptures in such collections as the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, Parliament and the Royal Collection. Gibson bequeathed to the Royal Academy drawings, plasters and sculptures, as well as correspondences, accounts and notebooks; some reproduced here for the first time.

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À propos de l?auteur

Anna Rath has recently completed a doctorate on the subject of Gibson in Rome at the University of Vienna. Annette Wickham is Curator of Works on Paper at the Royal Academy. She is co-author of Daniel Maclise: The Waterloo Cartoon (RA Publications).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Born in Gyffin, near Conway, Wales, John Gibson (1790–1866) moved with his family to Liverpool, where he trained as a cabinet-maker and mason. The historian and banker William Roscoe whetted Gibson’s appetite for classical statuary, and provided him with a scholarship and funds to visit Rome. Gibson arrived in the city in 1817 and entered the workshop of Europe’s pre-eminent sculptor: Antonio Canova. Soon acclaimed in his own right, Gibson remained in the city until his death in 1866. Contact with artists and patrons on the Grand Tour ensured lasting links with Britain, and this publication highlights Gibson’s sculptures in such collections as the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, Parliament and the Royal Collection. Gibson bequeathed to the Royal Academy drawings, plasters and sculptures, as well as correspondences, accounts and notebooks; some reproduced here for the first time.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Royal Academy of Arts
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1910350575
ISBN 13 
9781910350577
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
72
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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