Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-century England (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-century England (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies) Book

This handsomely illustrated book discusses portraiture as a cultural and political phenomenon in eighteenth-century England. Marcia Pointon offers detailed historical analyses of portraits by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Hogarth, and others, showing how portraiture of the period provided mechanisms for constructing and accessing a national past and for controlling a present that appeared increasingly unruly.Read More

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  • 0300073682
  • 9780300073683
  • M Pointon
  • 3 November 1997
  • Yale University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
  • New edition
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