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Named Person: | Thomas Gainsborough; Thomas Gainsborough; Thomas Gainsborough; Thomas Gainsborough |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Amal Asfour; Paul Williamson |
ISBN: | 085323874X 9780853238744 |
OCLC Number: | 43521977 |
Description: | xvi, 325 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
Contents: | 1. Mimesis and Empiricism -- 2. The Book of Nature -- 3. Emblem and Rococo -- 4. The Art of Seeing -- 5. Ut Musica Pictura -- 6. The Landscape as Pastoral Object -- 7. Surprising Likenesses -- 8. A Skilful and Faithful Observer. |
Responsibility: | Amal Asfour and Paul Williamson. |
Abstract:
Thomas Gainsborough's work is not satisfactorily accounted for by the classicizing academic criteria which aspired to be the official art theory of his period. Paying equal attention to portraits, landscapes and fancy pictures, this work argues that his work demands another explanatory framework.
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