English Virtuoso

Art, Medicine, and Antiquarianism in the Age of Empiricism

Szerző: Craig Ashley Hanson

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: The University of Chicago Press

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Contrary to twentieth-century criticism that cast them as misguided dabblers, English virtuosi in th...

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Szerző

Craig Ashley Hanson

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2009

oldal

344

EAN

9780226315874

ISBN

0226315878

Enbook ID

04545591

Kiadó

The University of Chicago Press

Súly

1064

Méretek

186 x 255 x 2

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Contrary to twentieth-century criticism that cast them as misguided dabblers, English virtuosi in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were erudite individuals with solid grounding in the classics, deep appreciation for the arts, and sincere curiosity about the natural world. Reestablishing their broad historical significance, "The English Virtuoso" situates this polymathic group at the rich intersection of the period's art, medicine, and antiquarianism.At the heart of this profoundly interdisciplinary study lies the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, which from its founding in 1660 served as the major professional organization for London's leading physicians, many of them prominent virtuosi. Craig Ashley Hanson reveals that a vital art audience emerged from the Royal Society - whose members assembled many of the period's most important nonaristocratic collections - a century before most accounts date the establishment of an institutional base for the arts in England. Unearthing the fascinating stories of an impressive cast of characters, Hanson establishes a new foundation for understanding both the relationship between British art and science and the artistic accomplishments of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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