The Discovery of Painting: The Growth of Interest in the Arts in England, 1680-1768

by Iain Pears

PEARS, THE DISCOVERY OF PAINTING. THE GROWTH INTEREST IN THE ARTS IN ENGLAND, 1680-1768 [HARDBACK]. NEW HAVEN, CT, 1988, 291 p. figuras.Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Genres: History

291 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Iain Pears is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. He was educated at Warwick School, Warwick, Wadham College and Wolfson College, Oxford. Before writing, he worked as a reporter for the BBC, Channel 4 (UK) and ZDF (Germany) and correspondent for Reuters from 1982 to 1990 in Italy, France, UK and US. In 1987 he became a Getty Fellow in the Arts and Humanities at Yale University. His well-known novel series features Jonathan Argyll, art historian, though international fame first arrived with his best selling book An Instance of the Fingerpost (1998), which was translated into several languages. Pears currently lives with his wife and children in Oxford.

Reviews

[Artair Sgot · Rating 5 out of 5]

A comprehensive and groundbreaking study of the late-seventeenth- and the eighteenth-century culture.