… Image Giuseppe Cades, ‘Gavin Hamilton Leading a Party of Grand Tourists to the Archaelogical Site at Gabii’, 1793, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, D 5361. … for over thirty years, at a time when the Grand Tour reached its height of popularity. Working as a guide, antiquarian, art dealer and architect, Byres rapidly became a key player in Rome’s artistic, cultural and social life. Thanks to his various professional activities, he was a central figure in the social …
Art | Education | Grand Tour | Italy | Jacobitism | Networks
… Image Thomas Rowlandson, ‘Christie's Auction Room’, Courtesy of The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1., 1808. Image Detail from the Catalogue of the Most remarkable Collection of Prints ever offered to … on complementary roles as exhibition venues. Crucially, these urban landmarks enabled a social and visible valuation of artefacts. Behind the scenes, auctioneers offered services that professionalized the art market (as brokers, appraisers and upholsterers). As commerce evolved from an early modern market based on reputation …
… and Augustus Pugin, ‘The Exhibition Room at Somerset House’, Wikimedia Commons, 1808. Résumé The Royal Academy of Arts, founded in 1768, was an example of restricted professional and cultural sociability. The statutes limited the … of good behaviour to ensure that politeness prevailed within the institution. Social connections, exclusively between artists and aristocratic amateurs, were forged during the annual banquet. The exhibition held at Somerset House from 1780 … of its inner conflicts, the Academy was criticized for its anti-sociability. Places > Institutions Mots-clés Academies Art Conflict Dining Exhibitions France The Royal Academy of Arts, was founded in 1768. It had been preceded by …
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… Image Charles Philips, ‘The Strong Family’, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 44.159, 1732. Image Gawen Hamilton, ‘The Brothers Clarke with other Gentlemen taking Wine’, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.319, c.1730-5. Image Arthur Devis, ‘Sir John Shaw and his Family in the Park at Eltham Lodge, Kent’, Art Institute of Chicago, 1951.206, 1761. …
… ‘John Hunter’, National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 77, 1813. Image Anthony Walker, ‘A view of the noble House and part of the garden of Castle Howard, the seat of the right Hon.ble the earl of Carlisle near New Malton in Yorkshire’, … d’identifier les co nditions ayant contribué au développement des collections de spécimens, d’objets et d’œuvres d’art en Grande-Bretagne au XVIII e siècle. Impliquant des collectionneurs, des amateurs d’art, des marchands, des amateurs et des hommes de science, la notion de collection s’est progressivement développée …
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… value, such as money, connections, public acknowledgment, positions and someone who was able to return the favour with artistic or scientific productions) had for centuries been the main way in which the creation of art – from painting to music and architecture as well as literature – could be realized. Generally speaking, the … century sees the gradual replacement of traditional patronage (a rich aristocrat or churchman being a patron to an artist) with more market-oriented models that distributed both financial and cultural investments and rewards more …
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… Image François Ferrière, ‘John Ramsay, 1768-1845 ; son of Allan Ramsay the artist’, 1794, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, PG 1478. Résumé In 1782, John Ramsay undertook a journey to Italy with … busy social life and shared his experience of practices of sociability in Italian cities. Being the son of a renowned artist, he was invited to attend many concerts, plays and conversazioni where he met a great number of people including artists, Grand Tourists, ambassadors and even the King of Sweden. People > Travel People > Art and Literature Objects > …
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… NPG D17553, 1794. Résumé The Diary of Joseph Farington offers a rich source for thinking about sociability in the art world in London from 1793-1821. Nonetheless, it is striking that, while the Diary records a great deal of information … a rather distinctive character and suggests that a different sociability existed between men than among women. People > Art and Literature Objects > Diaries & Letters Practices > Communication Mots-clés Art Conventions Diaries Gender Gossip Between 1978 and 1984, Yale University Press published a 16-volume edition of the …
… an eclectic reader and sympathized with radical politics as well as with Swedenborgianism. Though his ambitions were thwarted in the emerging market of book selling and publishing, every aspect of Blake’s life gives opportunity to think about Blake and sociability. People > Art and Literature Mots-clés Art Collecting Commerce Conversation Correspondence Exhibitions Friendship Patronage Poetry Salons William Blake …