Author(s): Douglas Fordham
Journal: Journal of Art Historiography
ISSN 2042-4752
Volume: 7;
Start page: 7;
Date: 2012;
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Keywords: British art | theory | Locke | nation | empire | post-colonial | cosmopolitanism | William Hogarth | Joshua Reynolds | John Ruskin | Clive Bell | Herbert Read
ABSTRACT
A review of Artwriting, Nation, and Cosmopolitanism in Britain: The ‘Englishness’ of English Art Theory since the Eighteenth Century. Mark A. Cheetham examines three centuries of English artwriting in which he traces an enduring preoccupation with nation, nationalism, and Englishness. Emphasizing the theoretical nature of all artwriting, Cheetham seeks to recover the theoretical underpinnings of an English authorial tradition that frequently defined itself in opposition to Continental aesthetic theory.
Journal: Journal of Art Historiography
ISSN 2042-4752
Volume: 7;
Start page: 7;
Date: 2012;
VIEW PDF
DOWNLOAD PDF Original pageKeywords: British art | theory | Locke | nation | empire | post-colonial | cosmopolitanism | William Hogarth | Joshua Reynolds | John Ruskin | Clive Bell | Herbert Read
ABSTRACT
A review of Artwriting, Nation, and Cosmopolitanism in Britain: The ‘Englishness’ of English Art Theory since the Eighteenth Century. Mark A. Cheetham examines three centuries of English artwriting in which he traces an enduring preoccupation with nation, nationalism, and Englishness. Emphasizing the theoretical nature of all artwriting, Cheetham seeks to recover the theoretical underpinnings of an English authorial tradition that frequently defined itself in opposition to Continental aesthetic theory.
