The King's Artists: The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840

by Holger Hoock

Book Overview

This is the story of the forging of a national cultural institution in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. The Royal Academy of Arts was the dominant art school and exhibition society in London and a model for art societies across the British Isles and North America. This is the first study of its early years, re-evaluating the Academy's significance in national cultural life and its profile in an international context. Holger Hoock...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199266263
• ISBN13: 9780199266265
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 2.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"