1st Edition
Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Thomas Gainsborough’s Blue Boy
By Valerie Hedquist
Copyright 2019
228 Pages
16 Color & 32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
16 Color & 32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
16 Color & 32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The reception of Thomas Gainsborough’s Blue Boy from its origins to its appearances in contemporary visual culture reveals how its popularity was achieved and maintained by diverse audiences and in varied venues. Performative manifestations resulted in contradictory characterizations of the painted youth as an aristocrat or a "regular fellow," as masculine or feminine, or as heterosexual or... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Private Beginnings, Public Performances; Chapter 2 The Blue Boy from Gainsborough’s Showroom to Grosvenor’s Picture Gallery; Chapter 3 Public Recognition; Chapter 4 Reproducing The Blue Boy; Chapter 5 Farewell to England; Chapter 6 Welcome to America; Chapter 7 Changing Roles for The Blue Boy; Conclusion
Biography
Valerie Hedquist is Professor of Art History at the University of Montana, USA.
