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.
- 295 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
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 / Acknowledgements / 'The modern apelles' : Joshua Reynolds and the creation of celebrity / Reynolds, celebrity and the exhibition space / 'Figures of fame' : Reynolds and the printed image / 'Paths of glory' : fame and the public in eighteenth-century London / Catalogue / 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 / Stephen Deuchar and Andrea Buzzoni -- Martin postle -- Martin Postle -- Mark Hallett -- Tim Clayton -- Stella Tillyard -- Martin Postle and Mark Hallett -- 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.