The Artist as Original Genius
Subtitle: Shakespeare's "Fine Frenzy" in Late Eighteenth-century British Art
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: January 31, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780874139853
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Art; Art & Art Instruction; United Kingdom, Great Britain; European; History - General; 18th century; History in art; Narrative painting, British
Description: "This book examines the first generation of artists in Britain to define themselves as history painters, attempting what then was considered to be art's most exalted category. Seizing on the new critical discourse of original genius as championed in new books such as Edward Young's Conjectures on Original Composition of 1759, they rejected tradition in favor of looking to "the god within." In reconfiguring the nature of history painting, they went on to redefine the role of the artist as well. In doing so, they heralded the beginnings of the Romantic movement."--Jacket.