Marble index, the: roubiliac and sculptural portraiture in eighteenth-century britain
Auteur :
Baker, Malcolm
Éditeur :
Yale University Press
ISBN :
9780300204346
Date de publication :
22 janv. 2015
Dimensions :
27,9 x 22,9 cm
Poids :
2087 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Exploring the relationship with painted portraits, conventions, settings, sitting, making and multiple production, this book argues that the new centrality and aesthetic ambition of the sculptural portrait were informed by Enlightenment notions of perception and selfhood.