Mural Painting in Britain 1630-1730: Experiencing Histories

Author:   Lydia Hamlett (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138205833


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   31 March 2020
Format:   Hardback
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This book illuminates the original meanings of seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century mural paintings in Britain. At the time, these were called ‘histories’. Throughout the eighteenth century, though, the term became directly associated with easel painting and, as ‘history painting’ achieved the status of a sublime genre, any link with painted architectural interiors was lost. Whilst both genres contained historical figures and narratives, it was the ways of viewing them that differed. Lydia Hamlett emphasises the way that mural paintings were experienced by spectators within their architectural settings. New iconographical interpretations and theories of effect and affect are considered an important part of their wider historical, cultural and social contexts. This book is intended to be read primarily by specialists, graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in new approaches to British art of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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Author:   Lydia Hamlett (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.639kg
ISBN:  

9781138205833


ISBN 10:   1138205834
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   31 March 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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This study is rich in new methods of looking and understanding, and of imagining and re-conjuring the impact of these murals in the time of their production. The author explores political and philosophical content as well as their multi-layered aesthetic potency. --The Art Newspaper


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Lydia Hamlett is Academic Director in History of Art at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Murray Edwards College. She is a co-founder of the British Murals Network (britishmurals.org).

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