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| Named Person: | Angelica Kauffmann |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Angela Rosenthal |
| ISBN: | 0300103336 9780300103335 |
| OCLC Number: | 61461585 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the German. |
| Description: | viii, 342 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Paul Mellon Centre for studies in British art. |
| Other Titles: | Angelika Kauffmann. |
| Responsibility: | Angela Rosenthal. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) established her reputation with sensitive portraits and ambitious history paintings. This study explores the artist's work and career, how she reconciled the public and presumed masculine pursuit of painting with her role as woman artist and arbiter of private taste. It also analyses her pictorial strategies.
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