Making the Modern Artist - Culture, Class and Art-Educational Opportunity in Romantic Britain
Making the Modern Artist - Culture, Class and Art-Educational Opportunity in Romantic Britain Exploring the myths and realities of the origins of the "modern artist" in BritainThe artist has been a…
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Making the Modern Artist - Culture, Class and Art-Educational Opportunity in Romantic Britain
Exploring the myths and realities of the origins of the "modern artist" in BritainThe artist has been a privileged figure in the modern age, embodying ideals of personal and political freedom and self-fulfillment. And do our deeply held beliefs stand up to scrutiny? Does it matter who gets to be an artist?
Based on an unprecedented biographical survey of almost 1,800 students at the Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1769 and 1830, the book reveals hidden stories about family origins, personal networks, and patterns of opportunity and social mobility. Making the Modern Artist gets to the root of these questions by exploring the historical genesis of the figure of the artist. Locating the emergence of the "modern artist" in the crucible of Romantic Britain, rather than in 19th-century Paris or 20th-century New York, it reconnects the story of art with the advance
The Making of Modern Britain
Making of Modern Britain
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