Citizens and kings : portraits in the age of revolution, 1760-1830
London/ New York: Royal Academy of Arts/New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams, 2007. Softcover. Glossy pictorial wrap cover. 429 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). VG. Item #180170
ISBN: 9781903973851
This dramatically illustrated catalogue includes an incisive series of essays that explore portraiture in Europe and North America between 1770 and 1830. Leading experts discuss key works from the Enlightenment and revolutionary period, covering the major intellectual, political and social upheavals that took place. Contents as follows: Portraiture : fact versus fiction / Robert Rosenblum -- Sculpted portraits 1770-1830 : 'real presences' / Guilhem Scherf -- Between the novel and history : French portraiture towards 1835 / Sébastien Allard -- The role of prints and printmakers in the diffusion of portraiture / Tim Clayton -- Catalogue plates. Portraits of sovereigns and heads of state / Christopher Lloyd ; The status portrait / Sébastien Allard ; The history portrait / Guilhem Scherf ; The cultural portrait / Guilhem Scherf ; The place for experimentation : artists' portraits and self-portraits / Vivien Greene ; The family portrait / Martin Postle ; The portrait after the antique / Malcolm Baker ; The allegorical portrait / Guilhem Scherf and Sébastien Allard ; Nature and grace : the landscape and the figure / Maryanne Stevens ; Portraiture from 1815 to 1830 : ideal families and tormented genuises / Robert Rosenblum -- Catalogue entries.
OCLC: 85430105
Price: $30.00