基本説明
Contributors, set Barry's works and statements into (a) rich political and social contests, particularly in Britain.
Full Description
Bringing into relief the singularity of Barry's unswerving commitment to his vision for history painting despite adverse cultural, political and commercial currents, these essays on Barry and his contemporaries offer new perspectives on the painter's life and career. Contributors, including some of the best known experts in the field of British eighteenth-century studies, set Barry's works and writings into a rich political and social context, particularly in Britain. Among other notable achievements, the essays shed new light on the influence which Barry's radical ideology and his Catholicism had on his art; they explore his relationship with Reynolds and Blake, and discuss his aesthetics in the context of Burke and Wollstonecraft as well as Fuseli and Payne Knight. The volume is an indispensable resource for scholars of eighteenth-century British painting, patronage, aesthetics, and political history.
Contents
Contents: Foreword: Barry studies from a bicentennial perspective, William L. Pressly; Introduction: James Barry's 'moral art', and the fate of history painting in Britain, Tom Dunne; From oddity to odd man out: James Barry's critical legacy, 1806-66, David H. Solkin; James Barry's 'hairbreath niceties': risk, reward, and the reform of culture around 1770, Martin Myrone; James Barry: a history painter in Paris in the 1760s, Fionnuala McManamon; 'Glowing thoughts on glowing canvas': James Barry's Venus Rising from the Sea, Margaret W. Lind; Barry, Reynolds and the British school, Martin Postle; Barry and Fuseli: Milton, exile and expulsion, Asia Haut; The politics of envy: Blake and Barry, David Bindman; Reform and revolution: James Barry's writings in the 1790s, John Barrell; History painting and aesthetics: Barry and the politics of friendship, Liam Lenihan; No 36 Castle Street East: a reconstruction of James Barry's house, painting and printmaking studio, and the making of The Birth of Pandora, Michael Phillips; Crowning the Victors at Olympia: the great room's primary focus, William L. Pressly; Barry's Bosseut in Elysium: Catholicism and counter-revolution in the 1790s, Daniel R. Guernsey; 'A monument to perpetuate his memory': James Barry's Adelphi cycle revisited, David G.C. Allan; Select bibliography; Index.
