Joshua Reynolds: James Macpherson Scottish Writer
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This standard edition of the "Discourses on art" delivered by Sir Joshua Reynolds is now reissued in a new format and with revised illustrations. It has long been recognized as an important text for the study of 18th-century English painting. ...more
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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 ...more
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Also, The Reverend W. Mason’s Observations On Sir Joshua’s Method Of Coloring And Some Unpublished Letters Of Dr. Johnson, Malone, And Others. With An Appendix, Containing A Transcript Of Sir Joshua’s Account Book, Showing What Pictures He Painted And The Prices Paid For Them. ...more
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Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity examines the artist in the social, political and cultural context of a century that cultivated a very modern notion of fame. This new approach to Reynolds (1723-92) considers his life and career in terms of a conscious quest for celebrity. Reynolds surrounded himself with ...more
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This splendid two-volume catalogue of the paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), the father of British portrait painting and first president of the Royal Academy, represents one of the most important scholarly projects of recent decades in the field of eighteenth-century British art. Reynolds's paintings -- well over two thousand ...more
Bad Signs are Everywhere: From Russia suffering under the advance of Napoleon's army to the trenches in France as it fights the Kaiser. From an upscale apartment where a night of binge-drinking can inadvertently summon up the worst creatures of the outer darkness to a run-down Southern motel where you ...more
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A collection of letters by Sir Joshua Reynolds. It is the first edition to be published since 1929, and since that date the number of known letters has almost doubled. This volume contains 308 letters by the artist to friends, family and patrons, all accompanied by detailed notes. ...more