Academies, Museums, and Canons of ArtGillian Perry, Colin Cunningham This book examines the variety of ways in which works of art have achieved a position in the so-called canon of Western art. Focusing mainly on art and institutions in Britain and France from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, the book explores the construction and evolution of canonical values. The authors provide a series of detailed case studies-including Poussin`s The Arcadian Shepherds, the Parthenon marbles, the Albert Memorial frieze, and others-to enable readers to practice using the vocabularies and analytical skills of art history. |
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Académie royale aesthetic Albert Memorial Alexander ancient Angerstein's Arcadian Shepherds architecture argued art history artists beauty Britain British Museum Brun's canon of art canonical status Captive Andromache Charles Le Brun City Art Gallery classical COLIN CUNNINGHAM colour composition contemporary Copyright R.M.N. critics culture Département depiction Discussion display eighteenth eighteenth-century engraving established example exhibition expression Félibien figures France Garrick genre Greek Haven and London high art historians history painting Hogarth idea important Italian J.M.W. Turner landscape Leighton look Manchester City Manchester City Art metopes Musée du Louvre National Gallery Nicolas Poussin nineteenth century oil on canvas original painters Parthenon frieze Parthenon marbles pediment Photo picture Plate portrait portraiture Raphael Renaissance Reproduced by courtesy Reynolds role Roman Royal Academy Ruskin scene seen seventeenth-century social Steam and Speed style taste tradition Trustees Turner values viewer visual western art western canon