An edition of The artist as original genius (2008)
The Artist as Original Genius
Shakespeare's "Fine Frenzy" in Late Eighteenth-century British Art
By William L. Pressly
Publish Date
January 31, 2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Language
eng
Pages
240
Description:
"This book examines the first generation of artists in Britain to define themselves as history painters, attempting what then was considered to be art's most exalted category. Seizing on the new critical discourse of original genius as championed in new books such as Edward Young's Conjectures on Original Composition of 1759, they rejected tradition in favor of looking to "the god within." In reconfiguring the nature of history painting, they went on to redefine the role of the artist as well. In doing so, they heralded the beginnings of the Romantic movement."--Jacket.