Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting / edited by Martin Postle and Robin Simon with contributions by Steffen Egle, Oliver Fairclough, Rachel Flynn, Rosie Ibbotson, Jason M. Kelly, Lars Kokkonen, Kate Lowry, Bethany McIntyre, Martin Postle, Robin Simon, Paul Spencer-Longhurst, Ana Maria Suárez Huerta, Charlotte Topsfield, Scott Wilcox and Jonathan Yarker.
xi, 348 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Richard Wilson and the transformation of European art / Robin Simon -- Rome and its British and Irish artists, 1730-50 / Jason Kelly -- Natoire and the French Academy in Rome / Lars Kokkonen -- Marketing Wilson in Rome / Jonathan Yarker -- Adolf Friedrich Harper, a German pupil of Richard Wilson / Steffen Egle -- Anton Rafael Mengs and Richard Wilson / Ana Maria Suárez Huerta -- Richard Wilson, the Academy and the British 'School of Rome' / Martin Postle -- 'Relenting fortune weeps o'er Wilson's fate' / Rosie Ibbotson and Scott Wilcox -- An artist in his own country : Richard Wilson and Wales / Oliver Fairclough -- 'This delightful artist' : cultural trends in the historiography of Richard Wilson / Paul Spencer-Longhurst -- Richard Wilson : methods and materials / Kate Lowry -- Artist biographies -- Catalogue section -- Rome in the 1750s -- Wilson and the Grand Tour -- Inspiration and imitation -- Buying and selling -- In the footsteps of Wilson.