Awarded 1st prize for non-fiction May 2009 by Watford Writers
June 9, 2009 by sb1951NEW BOOK ON THE ARTIST JAMES BARRY
April 13, 2009 by sb1951
Cultivating the Human Faculties.
James Barry (1741-1806) and the Society of Arts
Edited by Susan Bennett
Format: Hardback , 168 pp, 50 black-&-white illustrations
Publication date: 15 Apr 2009
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
ISBN-10: 0934223963 EAN: 9780934223966 List Price: £53.95
Contributors: D.G.C. Allan, Charlotte Grant, Andrea McKean, John Manning, Martin Myrone, W.L. Pressly, Anne Puetz
The contributors to this collection of essays have each taken different aspects of Barry’s cycle. The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture (1777-1801), in the ‘Great Room’ of the Society of Arts to illustrate the wider contemporary art and design debates focusing on nationalism and improvement, publicity and patronage, with Barry’s own work and ideals. New connections between theory (political, social, and cultural), and practice have been created as a result of this examination.
Subject of current personal research : Georgiana Jane Keate/Henderson (1771-1850)
December 24, 2007 by sb1951
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October 27, 2007 by sb1951Please contact me if you require research into 18th, 19th and 20th English archives.
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