This original book explores the radical transformation of the heroic male body in late eighteenth-century British art. It ranges across a period in which a modern art world was established, taking  into account the lives and careers of a succession of major figures―from Benjamin West and Gavin Hamilton to Henry Fuseli, John Flaxman and William Blake―and influential institutions, from the Royal Academy to the commercial galleries of the 1790s.Organized around the historical traumas of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), the War of American Independence (1775–83) and the French Revolution and Revolutionary Wars (1789–1815), Bodybuilding places the visual representation of the hero at the heart of a series of narratives about social and economic change, gender identity, and the transformation of cultural value on the eve of modernity. The book offers a vivid image of a critical period in Britain’s cultural history and establishes a new framework for the study of late-eighteenth-century art and gender.

Bodybuilding: Reforming Masculinities in British Art 1750-1810 (Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British)

Arts & Photography

Myrone, Martin

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Painter, poet, critic, and teacher, Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) is one of the most idiosyncratic and original figures in the history of British art. His life and work have always fueled speculation, gossip, and fantasy--from the rumors of his opium addiction and predilection for eating raw pork to the wildly differing modern assessments of his art. Art historians view him variously as a prime exponent of Neoclassicism, a Romantic before his time, or an aberrant individualist foreshadowing the innovations of Surrealism.
 This book reinterprets Fuseli by locating him in a period of traumatic social, cultural, and political revolution. Thematic chapters explore the successive phases of his career. They move from his early work in London and Rome, through his innovative exploitation of London's new public spaces for displaying art, to his old age--a period of great professional success when he profoundly influenced a whole generation of younger British artists. A vivid image of the artist emerges, revealing Fuseli as a seminal figure in the development of modern art.

Henry Fuseli (British Artists)

Princeton University Press

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was one of the masters of eighteenth-century art. This book, published to accompany a major international exhibition covering the artist's entire career, reveals the sheer range, quality, and originality of Gainsborough's work from his engagingly naturalistic landscapes and touching images of children to his sophisticated and glamorous society portraits. In their essay, Michael Rosenthal and Martin Myrone explore his dynamic involvement with the social world of his day, as he endeavored to forge an art that engaged meaningfully with contemporary life. A second essay examines the development of Gainsborough's technique and working methods, from his early works and life in Sudbury, Suffolk, to the grand studio and gallery at Schomberg House, London, where he spent his final years. The astonishing range of works illustrated here fully demonstrates the variety and brilliance of Gainsborough's art. The paintings he chose for display in London's newly emerging exhibition venues are grouped together, providing a valuable insight into how he wanted his career and art to be understood. Also explored are his precocious early works, his subtle approach to the lucrative world of fashionable portraiture, the often pointed social commentary behind his seductive landscapes, and the exploratory nature of the last works.

Thomas Gainsborough

Rosenthal, Michael

Harry N. Abrams

Anecdotes of William Hogarth Written by Himself (Lives of the Artist) /anglais

Humor & Entertainment

Acc Art Books

William Blake is a universal artist an inspiration to visual artists, musicians, poets and performers worldwide as well as everyone who aspires to the ideals of personal, spiritual and creative liberty. His heroic story has inspired and invigorated generations: his personal struggles in a period of political terror and oppression, his technical innovation, his vision and political commitment, are perhaps never more pertinent. This book presents Blake as a visual artist for the twenty-first century. Accompanying the first major survey of William Blake s work to be held since 2000, William Blake: the Artist presents a comprehensive overview of his work as a printmaker, poet and painter, foregrounding his relationship with the art world of his time and telling the stories behind some of the most iconic images in the history of British art. The chronological narrative and biographical focus helps the reader understand the life and the historical forces at work; and provides a framework for presenting up-to-date scholarship with an emphatically art historical (rather than literary) focus. Chapters include: 1. Blake, be an Artist! - Blake and the Academy, aspiring to history painting 2. Prophetic and Visionary art - Blake in the 1790s Illuminated Books, Songs of Innocence and Experience, America, Europe, Newton 3. Blake among the Civil Servants - Blake s patrons and their boring day jobs watercolours and paintings of 1790s and 1800s / Visions of Albion -1800-3, turning point in his career as a visionary artist, Milton and Jerusalem begun [this was two separate chapters but Martin and Amy plan to elide the two parts into one] 4. Fresco Painting Restored key exhibition and publication projects, 1808-1812 the failed 1809 exhibition Blake s aspirations as a public artist 5. Hidden Blake late works, retiring from the world but rediscovered by a new generation (Dante Illustrations, Jerusalem)

William Blake (Hardback) /anglais

Individual Artists

Tate

Product Description 
How William Hogarth and artists across Europe captured the new modernity of the 18th century, revealing themes still strikingly relevant today 
Illustrating the full range of Hogarth’s most important paintings and prints, this book shows them in a new light, juxtaposed with work by major European contemporaries who influenced him or took their inspiration from him in their painting of modern life—including Watteau, Chardin, Troost, and Longhi. Hogarth is revealed not only as a key figure in British art history, but also as a major European artist. It is also a tale of four cities: London, Paris, Venice, and Amsterdam, represented in maps from the period. The themes of city life, social protest, sexuality, and satire, which come to the fore in the art of Hogarth and his contemporaries, are very much alive today. 
 About the Author 
Alice Insley is Assistant Curator at Tate Britain. 
Martin Myrone is Convenor, British Art Network, at the Paul Mellon Centre, London.

Hogarth and Europe: A History of 18th Century Art

Insley, Alice

The five hundred years of British art represented in the Tate's collection includes some of the most moving, memorable, and inspiring images produced in the Western tradition. One hundred of these images have been selected for this publication, and seen together they demonstrate the vitality and sheer quality of British art across the centuries. Works by the most famous artists are included, from Hilliard and Van Dyck to Hogarth, Constable, and Rosetti, and in the 20th century, Spencer, Bacon, Hockney, and Freud, as well as examples from leading contemporary artists including Chris Ofili and Gillian Wearing.

Representing Britain 1500 2000: 100 Works from Tate Collections

TATE GALLERY

Myrone, Matin

Tate Publishing

Tate Gallery Pubn

Henry Fuseli's work has always been the subject of speculation, gossip and fantasy, from the rumours of his opium addiction and his predilection for eating raw pork, to modern views of him variously as a prime exponent of Neoclassicism, a Romantic before his time, or an aberrant individualist pre-empting the innovations of Surrealism. This title offers an interpretation of the artist, placing him firmly in the context of a period of traumatic social, cultural and political revolution. A series of thematic chapters explore the successive phases of his career, from his early work in London, to his old age, the period of his greatest professional success when he exerted a profound influence on a whole generation of younger British artists.

Henry Fuseli (British Artists) /anglais

Reference

Illustrating works by famous British artists, this book introduces the gallery and offers an accessible overview of five centuries of British art.

Tate Britain: the Guide

Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd

George-Stubbs (1724-1806) is one of Britain's best-loved painters. His pictures of famous racehorses and their riders and the more dramatic works showing horses and lions in combat are among the most familiar images in British art, prized for their subtlety, naturalism and piercing observation. Once marginalised as merely a humble sporting artist, Stubbs is now recognised as a key figure in British cultural tradition. In this study, Martin Myrone presents a less familiar account of the artist. From his earliest anatomical studies through to his depictions of exotic animals and experiments with the industrialist Josiah Wedgwood, Stubbs is shown to have been dynamically engaged with the science, technology and popular culture of his day. He emerges from this new account as an artist more experimental and challenging than is conventionally thought.

George Stubbs

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