British Painting: The Golden Age from Hogarth to Turner

by William Vaughan

Book Overview

From Hogarth's first works around 1730 to the death of Turner in 1851, Britain's status as an artistic nation was dramatically transformed. Hogarth himself brought modern life into painting and treated it with high moral seriousness disguised as satire. Ramsay, Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Lawrence revolutionized portraiture, introducing a new authority and sensibility. The unconventional genius of Blake gave form to a unique mystic vision, while Constable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500203199
• ISBN13: 9780500203194
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.2"