Philip Wilson Publishers. New. Date: 2011. Hardcover. 0856677019 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, like new, pristine, never opened -- 256 pages; 200 color illustrations. Publisher description: One of the most successful British artists of the early nineteenth century, Etty’s work has been neglected until recently. This first major study of Etty’s work in over fifty years reassesses his use of the nude, his training at the Royal Academy and his large scale historical canvases and proposes a new framework within which his art can be understood. Featuring a series of scholarly essays written by leading experts in the period, the catalogue will interrogate the casting of Etty as a figure of controversy in British art and re-examine his important and energetic contribution to artistic practise in the nineteenth century. William Etty RA (1787-1849) was one of the most prolific and successful British artists working in the first half of the nineteenth century. He was celebrated for his skill as a colourist and ability to emulate the art of the old masters. Etty focussed almost exclusively on the nude and contemporaries were quick to acknowledge the artist’s ability to translate the studies he made in the life-class into large-scale, highly imaginative historical compositions. At the same time, he faced repeated critical condemnation for ...

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