Angelica Kauffman: Art and Sensibility
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Hardcover. Gray and half burgundy cloth boards with silver spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with cream and pink lettering. ix, 342 pp. Color and BW illustrations. VG/VG- light corner and edge wear to dust jacket. Item #174054
ISBN: 9780300103335
"One of the most accomplished and internationally celebrated artists of the eighteenth century, Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) established her reputation with sensitive portraits as well as ambitious history paintings. This major study explores the artist's work and career by considering how Kauffman reconciled the public and presumed masculine pursuit of painting with her role as woman artist and arbiter of private taste." "Featuring a wealth of new information, this illustrated book demonstrates Kauffman's role in shaping European visual culture, shedding new light on the history of women artists and on art history as a critical discipline."--Jacket. Contents as follows: Introduction : becoming pictures -- Penelope and the weaving of narrative -- Intersubjective portrayal -- Sentimental spaces -- The inner Orient -- Kauffman's helicon -- Civilizing femininity -- The image of Angelica.
OCLC: 61461585
Price: $240.00