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Joseph Wright, Esq. Painter and Gentleman : Painter and Gentleman

By Andrew Graciano

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Year
2012
ISBN
9781443839594, 9781443839143
LCC
ND497.W8 -- G73 2012eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1641076 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
194\194
Time added
2023-08-04 11:46:05
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Description

Andrew Graciano’s thorough study is a re-evaluation of Joseph Wright’s career and social status that demonstrates how his later landscapes, portraits and historical pictures are connected to a broader historical context, including contemporary science, industry and economics. In doing so, Graciano reinforces the idea that Wright was an intellectual painter, very much engaged with current ideas in these realms, as well as a gentleman of means beyond his artistic income, which gave him a social standing that has often been ignored by previous scholars.

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