Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 746 g
Reihe: Oxford Historical Monographs
The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840
Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 746 g
Reihe: Oxford Historical Monographs
ISBN: 978-0-19-926626-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford
This work is a scholarly history of Britain's dominant fine art institution from its foundation in 1768 to the beginning of the Victorian age. Holger Hoock places the Royal Academy of Arts in the contexts of the metropolitan, British, and European art worlds and explores its influence on the notion of a national school of art.
This is the story of the forging of a national cultural institution in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. The Royal Academy of Arts was the dominant art school and exhibition society in London and a model for art societies across the B
Introduction; PART I. ACADEMIES OF ART; 1. Institutional History; 2. Promoting a National School; 3. Modelling Academies for the British School; 4. The Cosmopolitan Outlook of a National Academy; PART II. THE POLITICIZATION OF ART; 5. George III and the Artists; 6. French Revolutions in the Royal Academy?; 7. The Spectacle of Exhibitions; PART III. FORGING THE CULTURAL STATE; 8. Professional Representations; 9. Monumental Miracles; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 19. Jahrhundert
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Barock, Klassizismus
