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'Writing the lives of painters' [electronic resource] : biography and artistic identity in Britain 1760-1810 / Karen Junod.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford English monographsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9780191725357 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 820.9492 22
LOC classification:
  • PR756.B56
Online resources: 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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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.

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