The King's Artists The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840 (Oxford Historical Monographs) by Hoock, Holger

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition.

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… Read More

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.

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.

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

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