Bennett, Shelley M., 1947-

Thomas Stothard : the mechanisms of art patronage in England circa 1800 / Shelley M. Bennett.

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1988.

ix, 112 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Thomas Stothard (1755-1834) was probably the most prolific illustrator of his times, executing designs for everything from landscape, sculpture, and history painting to ceramics, silverwork, and book illustration. The resounding popularity of his art attests to the extent to which his decorative style and sentimental subject matter appealed to a wide range of his contemporaries. The general spread of his fame and the rise of his prices must be measured against this background. His sentimental art is a challenge to the accepted notion that political artists produce only" tough" art. An account of Stothard's life, in particular of the special nature of his relation to his employers, reveals the increasingly complex role of the artist in an industrial society.

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Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834 Criticism and interpretation.
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.
Stothard, Thomas.
Art, English 18th century.
Art, English 19th century.
Art patronage England.
Artists and patrons England.
Art Great Britain 18th century.
Art Great Britain 19th century.
Art patronage Great Britain.
Artists and patrons Great Britain.
Art Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Art Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle.
Mécénat Grande-Bretagne.
Artistes et mécènes Grande-Bretagne.
Art anglais 18e siècle.
Mécénat Angleterre.
Artistes et mécènes Angleterre.
Art
Art, English
Art patronage
Artists and patrons
Patronage
Bibliografie
Kunstnijverheid.
Great Britain
England

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Location: Library main 32660
Call No.: ID:88-B4333
Status: Available