This is a collection of the literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, one of the most influential artists and art theorists of the eighteenth century. This edition contains his famous Discourses, as well as his papers in The Idler and The Journal of a Tour Through Flanders and Holland. Also included is his commentary on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting. This book is an indispensable resource for art historians and enthusiasts alike.
This book is a collection of diary entries by Joseph Farington, a prominent English artist and writer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It provides a fascinating insight into the social and cultural life of the period, including the world of art and politics.
In this influential book, William Gilpin pioneered the concept of the picturesque, which celebrates the beauty of nature as it appears to the eye of the observer. Gilpin's keen observations of the landscape of England are recorded in vivid detail and accompanied by his own illustrations. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of landscape art or the relationship between nature and human perception.