Painting for Money: The Visual Arts and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century England
Language: English
Published by Paul Mellon Centre, 1993
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Painting for Money: The Visual Arts and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century England (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
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- Title
- Painting for Money: The Visual Arts and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century England
- Author
- Solkin, Dr. David H.
- Publisher
- Paul Mellon Centre
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300057415
- ISBN 13
- 9780300057416
The book opens by examining the attempts by artists in the early eighteenth century to represent commercial prosperity as a source of moral as well as material well-being. By the 1730s these efforts had borne fruit in an innovative imagery of polite conversation, which in turn laid the foundations for a new kind of public art designed specifically for a middle-class audience. Solkin reveals how market forces soon changed the traditional subject matter of historical painting into something less high-minded and more popular, as artists abandoned the idealized depiction of classical narratives in favor of creating detailed portrayals of contemporary British themes. At the same time, the image of the hero moved away from a character of stern and stoic masculinity toward a new paragon of sensibility and benevolence, designed to appeal to a non-heroic audience. The founding of the Royal Academy in 1768 heralded an attempt to reassert the more exclusive standards of the past, but this did not check the growth of a new genre of painting with its own inner dynamic, meaning, and ambition.
Lavishly illustrated and written in a lively style, the book is compulsory reading for anyone interested in eighteenth-century British art, culture, and social history.
Published for the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art
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