Writing the Lives of Painters

Writing the Lives of Painters
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9780199597000
ISBN-13 : 0199597006
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Book Synopsis Writing the Lives of Painters by : Karen Junod

Download or read book Writing the Lives of Painters written by Karen Junod and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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