The King's Artists: The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840 Tapa dura - 2004

Oxford/New York: Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 2003. Hardcover. VG (DJ is lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Black boards with gilt lettering on the spine; color illustrated DJ with black spine and yellow and white lettering; xvi, 367 pp.; richly illustrated. "This is story of the forging of a national cultural institution in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. The Royal Academy of Arts was the dominant art school and exhibition society in London and a model for art societies across the British Isles and North America. This is the first study of its early years, re-evaluating the Academy's significance in national cultural life and its profile in an international context. Holger Hoock reassesses royal and state patronage of the arts and explores the concepts and practices of cultural patriotism and the politicization of art during the American and French Revolutions. By demonstrating how… Leer más

Oxford University Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, 4th printing, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a very well preserved pictorial dust wrapper which is now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve, bookplate of a previous owner to the front free endpaper, the text is otherwise unmarked, illustrated, xvi [ii] + 366pp.

Good. Good. Same ISBN: 0199266263, Copyright 2004 hardcover/In beautiful condition but ex-library. Bright and unmarked pages, uncreased spine, light wear, with several library's stickers.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Clarendon Press, 2004-01-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Royal Academy of Arts was the dominant art school and exhibition society in London and a model for art societies across the British Isles and North America. Presenting a study of its early years, this book re-evaluates the Academy's