1st Edition
Mural Painting in Britain 1630-1730 Experiencing Histories
By Lydia Hamlett
Copyright 2020
192 Pages
24 Color & 53 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
24 Color & 53 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
24 Color & 53 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction: Re-Experiencing British Murals
Chapter 1 Animating Histories
Chapter 2 Triumph and Return
Chapter 3 Murals and Metamorphoses
Chapter 4 Poetry, Painting and Politics
Chapter 5 The Prolific Age of Mural Painting
Conclusion: Defining Mural Painting as a Genre
Biography
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).
