282 x 210 mm, paperback, 64 pages, 110 illustrations
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ISBN: 978 0 954228 42 2
The sculptor and draughtsman John Flaxman (1755-1826) is here celebrated and described in six essays followed by a catalogue illustrating the various directions of his work. What was the basis for the famous 'chaste' linear style - the influence of Fuseli, of ancient vase painting, his own search for "simplicity" and "purity"? This book is essential to the study of this artist, who was pivotal to the very definition of English and European Neoclassicism.
David Bindman, who is well known for his work on this period, was formerly a lecturer at Univeristy College London.
This exhibition and catalogue celebrates the most gifted, inventive and eccentric amateurs of the 18th and early 19th centuries with a selection of drawings, engravings and portraits gathered from Soane's collection and other museums, archives and private houses around the country. More