Hogarth Reynolds Turner
Subtitle: pittura inglese verso la modernità
By: a cura di Carolina Brook e Valter Curzi
Contributors: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764; Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792; Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851; Fondazione Roma. Museo
Publisher: Skira
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Milano
Language: ita
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9788857222707
Description: From Hogarth to Reynolds, from Gainsborough to Turner, the great protagonists of English painting between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This is the first comprehensive overview of the extraordinary development of British painting during the eighteenth century, which anticipated themes, styles, and techniques that later became paradigms of modernity. This volume focuses on the English context at a time when the growth of artistic standing was accompanied by the country?s conquest of hegemony on a historical, political, and economic plane. The volume is arranged chronologically in seven sections, which include a selection of over 100 masterpieces by the most significant English painters. The main objective is to enable readers to rediscover the genres of portrait and landscape, which have always characterized British art. Readers can admire the work of artists like William Hogarth, Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli), Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Joseph Wright of Derby, George Stubbs, John Constable, and William Turner, who offer a completely original cross section of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century painting in Great Britain.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museo Fondazione Roma, Palazzo Sciarra, Rome, Italy, Apr. 15-July 20, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303).