'Writing the lives of painters' : biography and artistic identity in Britain 1760-1810 / [electronic resource]
by Junod, Karen.
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BookSeries: Oxford English monographs: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191725357 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Biography as a literary form | Art and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Art and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book explores the development of artists' biographies in the cultural context of 18th- and early 19th-century Britain. It argues that the proliferation of a myriad biographical forms mirrored the privileging of artistic originality and difference within an art world that had yet to generate a coherent 'British School' of painting.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores the development of artists' biographies in the cultural context of 18th- and early 19th-century Britain. It argues that the proliferation of a myriad biographical forms mirrored the privileging of artistic originality and difference within an art world that had yet to generate a coherent 'British School' of painting.
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