Basic instincts : love, lust and violence in the art of Joseph Highmore : [exhibition, London, Foundling museum, 29 September 2017 - 7 January 2018]
La 4e de couverture indique : "Joseph Highmore (1692-1780) is best known as a portrait painter of the Georgian middle class. During the 1740's, however, his art radically shifted, reflecting his involvement with London's new Foundling Hospital - of which he was a governor - and its mi...
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| Formato: | Livre papier |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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London :
Paul Holberton publishing
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Variante du titre: | Exposition., Londres, Foundling museum, 2017-2018 |
| Resumo: | La 4e de couverture indique : "Joseph Highmore (1692-1780) is best known as a portrait painter of the Georgian middle class. During the 1740's, however, his art radically shifted, reflecting his involvement with London's new Foundling Hospital - of which he was a governor - and its mission as a refuge for "exposed and deserted young children". Throught his art and writings Highmore explored the circumstances - from the trauma of sexual assault to the terror of public disgrace - by wich parents, particularly unmarried mothers, would be driven to abandon or even murder their new-born infants. This culminated in a work of exceptional power, "The Angel of Mercy", the centrepiece of this book." |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 volume (128 pages) : illustrations en noir et en couleurs ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliografia: | Notes bibliographiques. Index |
| ISBN: | 9781911300281 (broché) 1911300288 |