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The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt: The Body of the Public
The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt The Body of the Public
Author: John Barrell
What is the function of painting in a commercial society? John Barrell discusses how British artists and writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, William Blake, and James Barry attempted to answer this question. His provocative and illuminating book offers a new perspective on both art critic...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300037203
ISBN-10: 0300037201
Publication Date: 12/1986
Pages: 366
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Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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