Graces, bacchantes and "plain folks" : order and excess in Reynolds's female portraits

Author

Pointon, Marcia

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

British journal for eighteenth century studies. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 17, 1-2 6, 5 ill.

ISSN

0141-867X

Abstract (en)

The depiction of women in Reynolds's portraits can reflect social order whilst simultaneously providing a site of fantasy. The presence of Bacchic and orgiastic elements in otherwise polite and socially harmonious female imagery can be traced.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United Kingdom
• Reynolds, Joshua, 1723-1792
• Portraits
• Women
• Society
• Allegory
• Aesthetics
• Painting
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Bacchantes
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Royaume-Uni
• Reynolds, Joshua, 1723-1792
• Portrait
• Femmes
• Société
• Allégorie
• Esthétique
• Peinture
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Bacchantes
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00349464

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