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Title: Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy by the President 1778
Description: The Scolar Press Ltd. Menston, Yorkshire, 1971. Facsimile Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. When Sir Joshua Reynolds collected his first seven discourses together for publication there were three main traditions of art theory in Britain. There was the empiricism of Hogarth; secondly there was the idealist classicism; & the third tradition, to which Reynolds subscribed, was that of empiricist classicism initiated by Junius, popularised by Dryden's translation of Du Fresnoy's De Arte Graphica (1695), and manifested in Richardson's Essay on the Theory of Painting (1725) and Algarotti's Essay on Painting (1764). These literary movements were mainly associated with, respectively, the artistic movements of native portraiture, 'Greek' neoclassicism, and 'French/Italian neoclassicism. First Thus. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 326 pages. Binding is tight, spine and covers fully intact (now protected by removeable archive acetate film). Gilt titles spine with publisher's device, gilt, to front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Art History; Art Theory; History; Britain/UK; 18th century; Education. Inventory No: 3446.

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