James Barry: The Artist as Hero
by Pressly, William L
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0905005090
- ISBN 13
- 9780905005096
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About This Item
London: Tate Gallery, 1983. 167 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Exhibition held 9 February to 20 March, 1983. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A retrospective of the proto-Romantic Irish-born artist, James Barry (1741-1806), known for his history paintings that form a bridge between Neo-Classicism and Romanticism. CONTENTS: Early historical paintings 1767-1776; Early historical drawings; Early portraits 1767-1776; Prints and propaganda 1776-1778; The progress of human culture; Prints after the paintings; Related portraits; The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery; Illustrations to Paradise Lost and the Bible, the 1790s; Barry as printmaker; Etchings and aquatints; Late prints; The copperplates; Nude figure studies; Late historical compositions; The suffering hero: late self-portraits; Books and manuscripts: writings on art. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022744
- Title
- James Barry: The Artist as Hero
- Author
- Pressly, William L
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0905005090
- ISBN 13
- 9780905005096
- Publisher
- Tate Gallery
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; European / British & Irish; European / 6. Neo-Classical & Romantic; Movements / Romanticism;
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