| The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, LL.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., Etc., Late President of the Royal Academy: Volume 2: Comprising Original Anecdotes of Many Dis Contributor(s): Northcote, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 110806907X ISBN-13: 9781108069076 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 759.2 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.05 lbs) 378 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fellow Devonian, James Northcote (1746-1831) was an admirer and pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds, whose two-volume biography he published in 1813-15. Reissued here is the 'revised and augmented' second edition of 1818. Northcote is self-deprecating as to his fitness for the task, but claims that a worthy biography of a great artist can be written only by another artist, and his close personal knowledge of his subject and the circle in which Reynolds moved gives him insights, as well as providing anecdotes, which would not be available to a more 'professional' author. Volume 2 covers the remainder of Reynolds' life, including a description of his elaborate funeral and various assessments of his work, as well as details of the sale of his paintings, and a short account of the life of William Gandy, an obscure seventeenth-century painter whom Reynolds greatly admired. |