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This standard edition of the Discourses on Art delivered by Sir Joshua Reynolds is now reissued in a new format and with improved illustrations. It has long been recognized as a fundamental text for the study of eighteenth-century English painting, and this edition is generally... Read Full Overview

Joshua Reynolds

""Seven Discourses On Art"" is a collection of lectures delivered by the renowned English painter, Joshua Reynolds, to the students of the Royal Academy of Arts in the late 18th century. The book is considered a seminal work in the history of art criticism and is still widely... Read Full Overview

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Seven Discourses On Art is a book written by Joshua Reynolds, a renowned British portrait painter and art theorist. The book is a collection of seven lectures that Reynolds delivered to the students of the Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1769 and 1790. In these discourses,... Read Full Overview

An institution like this has often been recommended upon considerations merely mercantile. But an academy founded upon such principles can never effect even its own narrow purposes. If it has an origin no higher, no taste can ever be formed in it which can be useful even in manufactures;... Read Full Overview

As well as being the most distinguished painter of his generation, Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) was also the author of several works of art criticism and guides for artists, some of which originated as lectures delivered to the students of the Royal Academy by him as their founding... Read Full Overview

Sir Joshua Reynold's Discourses is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a... Read Full Overview

Sir Joshua Reynolds's Discourses on Art is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres... Read Full Overview

Seven Discourses On Art is a collection of lectures delivered by the famous English painter, Joshua Reynolds, to the students of the Royal Academy between 1769 and 1790. The book is a comprehensive study of the principles and techniques of art as Reynolds shares his insights... Read Full Overview