McPherson, Heather, Art & celebrity , [2017]
- Title(s):
Art & celebrity : in the age of Reynolds and Siddons / Heather McPherson.
- Additional Title(s):
Art and celebrity
- Published/Created:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
©2017 - Physical Description:
- xvi, 252 pages ; 26 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNJ18.R36 M37 2017 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13094421
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Explores the vibrant visual and theatrical culture of eighteenth-century England. Focuses on the central role of images in the invention of modern celebrity culture"--Provided by publisher. - Subject Terms:
- Actresses -- Portraits -- 18th century.Artists and theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.Caricature -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.Celebrities -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.Celebrities in art -- History -- 18th century.Portrait painting, English -- England -- London -- 18th century.Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792.Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831.
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- Introduction : studio and stage in the age of Reynolds and Siddons
- Garrick, Reynolds, and the apotheosis of performance
- Portraiture, public display, and the politics of representation
- Staging celebrity : Siddons and tragic pallor
- Targeting celebrity : caricature and cultural politics
- Artistic afterlives and the historiography of fame.