TY - BOOK AU - Reynolds,Joshua AU - Postle,Martin AU - Hallett,Mark AU - Clayton,Tim AU - Tillyard,S.K. ED - Tate Britain (Gallery) TI - Joshua Reynolds: the creation of celebrity SN - 1854375644 AV - ND1329.R4 A4 2005 U1 - 759.2 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Tate Pub. KW - Reynolds, Joshua, KW - Portrait painting, English KW - Exhibitions KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Portraits N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -