Jonathan Richardson, Thomas Gray, and the genealogy of art

Author

Mannings, David

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the history of ideas. 1994, Num. 3, Vol. 55, 405-420

ISSN

0022-5037

Abstract (en)

Reflects upon lists of "master" artists drawn up by Richardson (1715) and Gray (1739-1741). Mannings looks at who is included, who omitted and asks why. Further, he asks what the organization of such lists, the grouping of names and the plotting of their interconnections, tells us about the 18th century's construction of the past. The aim is to clarify certain features of early art historical writing before the publication of Horace Walpole's Anecdotes (1762-1780) and Sir Joshua Reynolds's Discourses (1769-1790) provided readers with an adequate history and a sophisticated body of criticism.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- United Kingdom
• Art history
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Comparison
• Genealogy
• Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
• Methodology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Royaume-Uni
• Histoire de l'art
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Comparaison
• Généalogie
• Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
• Méthodologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950101-00310485

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