Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Painter in Society,

by Richard Wendorf

Book Overview

That Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) became the most fashionable painter of his time was not simply due to his artistic gifts or good fortune. The art of pleasing, Richard Wendorf contends, was as much a part of Reynolds's success--in his life and in his work--as the art of painting. The author's examination of Reynolds's life and career illuminates the nature of eighteenth-century English society in relation to the enterprise of portrait-painting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067480967X
• ISBN13: 9780674809673
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.7"