Celebrating Britain : Canaletto, Hogarth and patriotism / edited by Steven Parissien
London : Paul Holberton publishing, 2015. First edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #340826
ISBN: 9781907372780
Physical description: 120 pages: illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 26 cm. Notes: Published to accompany the exhibition 'Canaletto: celebrating Britain': Compton Verney, Warwickshire, 14 March-7 June 2015; Holburne Museum, Bath, 27 June-4 October 2015; Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 22 October 2015-13 February 2016. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction -- Canaletto: celebrating Britain / Steven Parissien -- Canaletto's London legacy / Pat Hardy -- From Bosworth Field to Finchley Common: Britain, Hogarth and the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion / Jacqueline Riding -- The cult of King Alfred / Oliver Cox. Subjects: Canaletto 1697-1768; Exhibitions. Hogarth, William 1697-1764; Exhibitions. Drawing, Italian 18th century; Exhibitions. Painting, English 18th century; Exhibitions. Engraving, English 18th century; Exhibitions. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated. Summary: Canaletto's time in Mid-Georgian Britain has received much scholarly attention in the past. But this book places his work in a broader political and social context, linking his paintings and drawings with a growing sense of assurance and mission which the British nation was beginning to display - perhaps best represented by the works of William Hogarth.
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