Language: en
Pages: 230
Pages: 230
Inventive storytelling: the early subject pictures -- Batoni's British patrons and the grand tour -- Painter of princes and prince of painters -- Restorer of the Roman school: final years and reception -- Drawings, working methods, and studio practices.
Language: en
Pages: 95
Pages: 95
Books about Pompeo Batoni (1708-87) and His British Patrons
Language: en
Pages: 260
Pages: 260
This volume explores the place of antiquity in Enlightenment Europe. It considers the contexts, questions, and agendas that shaped eighteenth-century engagements with the ancient world, shedding new light on familiar figures and recovering forgotten chapters in this European story.
Language: en
Pages: 338
Pages: 338
This lively and erudite cultural history examines how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways.
Language: en
Pages: 192
Pages: 192
Neoclassicism, which arose during the 18th Century's Age of Enlightenment, was inspired by the rationality, simplicity and grandeur of ancient Greece and Rome. This book focuses on the influential Neoclassic and Romantic art movements. It illuminates the ideas and events that shaped this era of artistic ferment.