Painted statues, Ben Jonson and Shakespeare

Author

Sokol, B. J.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 1989, Vol. 52, p. 250-253, 6 ill.

ISSN

0075-4390

Abstract (en)

Finds evidence in the plays of Ben Jonson and Shakespeare 1608-1610 of the new taste in England for unpainted sculpture, and the contempt in which polychromed figures were sometimes held.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- United Kingdom
• Sculpture
• Great Britain
• 1600-1700
• Polychromy
• Taste (aesthetics)
• Jonson, Ben, ca.1573-1637
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Drama

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Royaume-Uni
• Sculpture
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1600-1700
• Polychromie
• Goût (esthétique)
• Jonson, Ben, v.1573-1637
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Pièce de théâtre

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00459501

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