Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds

Author: Richard Wendorf

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 067480967X

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Sir Joshua Reynolds explores the ways in which portrait-painting is embedded in the social fabric of a given culture as well as in the social and professional transaction between the artist and his or her subject. In addition to providing a new view of Reynolds, Wendorf's book develops a thoroughly new way of interpreting portraiture.

Seven Discourses on Art
Seven Discourses on Art

Author: Sir Joshua Reynolds

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1877527327

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In the past, the distinctions between art and science weren't as clear-cut as they are today, and philosophers, researchers, and artists often shared insights and ideas. It was in that heady atmosphere that Sir Joshua Reynolds first rose to prominence, initially through his "Grand Style" paintings, but later for his work as a promoter of scientific research and the president and co-founder of the famed Royal Society. This text outlines some of Reynolds' most groundbreaking ideas about art, scholarship, and the intersection between the two.