'Candidates for Fame'

'Candidates for Fame'
Author: Matthew Hargraves
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780300110043

In 1760 an innovation transformed the character of artistic life in Britain: the first public exhibition of art. A dispute split exhibitors into rival groups, among them the Society of Artists of Great Britain. This work examines the Society and looks at the politics and personalities behind the exibitions.

Art for the Nation

Art for the Nation
Author: Brandon Taylor
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1999
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780719054532

Art first became public in Britain through a series of interlocking relationships between national galleries, patrons, collections of art, and sections or classes of the population as a whole. This study concentrates on London, and analyzes the formation of the major national art institutions at its geographical and managerial centre.