Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 510 g
Volume 1: Comprising Original Anecdotes of Many Dis
Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 510 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
ISBN: 978-1-108-06906-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
A fellow Devonian, James Northcote (1746–1831) was an admirer and pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds, whose two-volume biography he published in 1813–15. Reissued here is the 'revised and augmented' second edition of 1818. Northcote is self-deprecating as to his fitness for the task, but claims that a worthy biography of a great artist can be written only by another artist, and his close personal knowledge of his subject and the circle in which Reynolds moved gives him insights, as well as providing anecdotes, which would not be available to a more 'professional' author. Volume 1 covers the first fifty years of Reynolds' life, and includes accounts of Reynolds' development as an artist, his growing fame, the founding of the Royal Academy and the first six of his Discourses on Art (also reissued in this series), which Northcote defends against claims that they were not written by Reynolds himself.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; The life.
