Joshua Reynolds : the creation of celebrity / edited by Martin Postle ; with essays and catalogue entries by Martin Postle and Mark Hallett and essays by Tim Clayton and Stella Tillyard.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Tate Pub., 2005Distributor: New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Harry N. Abrams Description: 295 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1854375644
- 9781854375643
- 759.2 22
- ND1329.R4 A4 2005
- ND497.R4 A4 2005
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 759.2 REY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A510999B |
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Feb. 13-May 1, 2005 and Tate Britain, London, May 26-Sept. 18, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-285) and index.
Foreword / Stephen Deuchar and Andrea Buzzoni -- Acknowledgements / Martin postle -- 'The modern apelles' : Joshua Reynolds and the creation of celebrity / Martin Postle -- Reynolds, celebrity and the exhibition space / Mark Hallett -- 'Figures of fame' : Reynolds and the printed image / Tim Clayton -- 'Paths of glory' : fame and the public in eighteenth-century London / Stella Tillyard -- Catalogue / Martin Postle and Mark Hallett -- Reynolds and the self-portrait -- Heroes -- Aristocrats -- The temple of fame -- The Streatham worthies -- Painted women -- The theatre of life -- Reynolds and the reproductive print -- Reynolds and the sculpted image -- The life and art of Joshua Reynolds / Martin Postle.
"Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity examines Reynolds in the social, political and cultural context of a century that cultivated a very modern notion of fame. This new approach to Reynolds considers his life and career in terms of a conscious quest for celebrity.
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