Awarded 1st prize for non-fiction May 2009 by Watford Writers

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NEW BOOK ON THE ARTIST JAMES BARRY

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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)

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