Ch 29-30 2013 - Bvsd
Ch 29-30 2013 - Bvsd
Ch 29-30 2013 - Bvsd
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Nature & portraiture<br />
ENGLISH NEOCLASSICAL<br />
Thomas Gainsborough:<br />
1727-88<br />
Known for his full-length portraits set in<br />
landscapes<br />
--Nature was worth painting<br />
Elongated figures –regal<br />
Rococo element but her posture is<br />
serene and aristocratic.<br />
She is dressed informally: setting and<br />
clothing are coherent unit<br />
Although he won greater fame in his<br />
time for his portraits, he had begun as<br />
a landscape painter and always<br />
prefered painting scenes of nature to<br />
the depiction of human likenesses.<br />
Thomas Gainsborough,<br />
Mrs. Richard Brinsley, 1787.<br />
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Thomas Gainsborough
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