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The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt : The Body of the Public
by Barrell, John
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300037201
- ISBN 13
- 9780300037203
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Yale University Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket with slight shelf wear to base of spine otherwise free from nicks and tears. No inscription. Fore and top edges of text block moderately soiled otherwise internally clean throughout. "What is the function of painting in a commercial society? John Barrell here discusses how British artists and writers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries attempted to answer this question, and his provocative and illuminating book offers a new perspective on both art criticism and eighteenth century British culture.
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- Andrew James Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002157
- Title
- The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt : The Body of the Public
- Author
- Barrell, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300037201
- ISBN 13
- 9780300037203
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- ART CRITICISM, BRITISH HISTORY, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ART,
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
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