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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1854375644
  • 9781854375643
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.2 22
LOC classification:
  • ND1329.R4 A4 2005
  • ND497.R4 A4 2005
Contents:
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.
Review: "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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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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