Re-dressing classical statuary : the eighteenth-century "hand-in-waistcoat" portrait

Author

Meyer, Arline

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1995, Num. 1, Vol. 77, 45-63, 30 ill.

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

A product of the nationalistic sentiment kindled in the years following the Restoration, the "hand-in-waistcoat" portrait became an English hallmark. This visualization of national character was molded especially in the context of increasing Anglo-French rivalry by reviving an ancient argument about decorous public behavior. In withdrawing the "speaking hand" England censured the gestural exuberance of the French rhetorical style with its Catholic and absolutist associations, and formed a natural, modest, and reticent image that was sanctioned by classical precedent.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United Kingdom
• Painting
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Portraits
• Men
• Influence
• Rhetoric
• Antiquity [culture]
• Decorum
• Gesture
• Iconography
• Sculpture
• Ancient [art]
• Nationalism

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Royaume-Uni
• Peinture
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Portrait
• Hommes
• Influence
• Rhétorique
• Antiquité
• Décorum
• Geste
• Iconographie
• Sculpture
• Antique (art)
• Nationalisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950701-00318033

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