Barrell, John

The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.
First Edition. Hardcover. 6-3/8 x 9-1/2", green cloth, viii, 366pp, notes, index, illus. with 26 plates. Item #900719
ISBN: 0300037201

What is the function of painting in a commercial society? John Barrell discusses how British artists and writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, William Blake, and James Barry attempted to answer this question. His provocative and illuminating book offers an original perspective on both art criticism and eighteenth-century British culture.

Faint toning to extreme edges of leaves and dust wrapper, else fine in dust wrapper and protective mylar.

Price: $35.00