English Art: 1714-1800
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The eighteenth century stands as one of the most fertile and transformative periods in the history of English art, stretching from the Augustan confidence of Hogarth's satirical canvases to the luminous proto-Romanticism of Gainsborough and Reynolds. Joseph Burke's English Art: 1714-1800 presents a magisterial survey of this pivotal era, charting the rise of portraiture, landscape, and genre painting against a backdrop of Georgian society, Enlightenment thought, and expanding imperial ambition. Burke meticulously chronicles the institutional development of English art — from the founding of the Royal Academy to the flourishing of private patronage — illuminating how aesthetic ideals were contested, negotiated, and ultimately reshaped across nearly a century of cultural upheaval. Published as part of the prestigious Oxford History of English Art series, this volume stands as an authoritative and enduring reference for students and scholars alike. Burke writes with the precision of an art historian and the sensitivity of a connoisseur, drawing connections between artistic production, social history, and philosophical currents that defined Georgian England. His arguments reward close reading, and the breadth of his scholarship — spanning painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts — raises a compelling question: can any single century ever truly be understood without first understanding the art it chose to make?
Author: Joseph Burke
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The eighteenth century stands as one of the most fertile and transformative periods in the history of English art, stretching from the Augustan confidence of Hogarth's satirical canvases to the luminous proto-Romanticism of Gainsborough and Reynolds. Joseph Burke's English Art: 1714-1800 presents a magisterial survey of this pivotal era, charting the rise of portraiture, landscape, and genre painting against a backdrop of Georgian society, Enlightenment thought, and expanding imperial ambition. Burke meticulously chronicles the institutional development of English art — from the founding of the Royal Academy to the flourishing of private patronage — illuminating how aesthetic ideals were contested, negotiated, and ultimately reshaped across nearly a century of cultural upheaval. Published as part of the prestigious Oxford History of English Art series, this volume stands as an authoritative and enduring reference for students and scholars alike. Burke writes with the precision of an art historian and the sensitivity of a connoisseur, drawing connections between artistic production, social history, and philosophical currents that defined Georgian England. His arguments reward close reading, and the breadth of his scholarship — spanning painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts — raises a compelling question: can any single century ever truly be understood without first understanding the art it chose to make?