Sir Joshua Reynolds
Author | : Richard Wendorf |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674809673 |
ISBN-13 | : 067480967X |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sir Joshua Reynolds by : Richard Wendorf
Download or read book Sir Joshua Reynolds written by Richard Wendorf and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Joshua Reynolds explores the ways in which portrait-painting is embedded in the social fabric of a given culture as well as in the social and professional transaction between the artist and his or her subject. In addition to providing a new view of Reynolds, Wendorf's book develops a thoroughly new way of interpreting portraiture.