Caroline Chapman

Eighteenth-Century Women Artists

Their Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs

Ebook (EPUB Format)

The eighteenth century was an age when not only the aristocracy but a burgeoning middle class could enjoy a remarkable flowering of the arts. But it was a man's world; any woman who wished to succeed as an artist had to overcome numerous obstacles. In a society in which women were required to marry, reproduce, and conform to rigid social conventions a professional artist risked becoming an object of gossip and hostility. Nevertheless, for a woman who had charm and good looks, was ambitious, and allied talent with hard work, success was attainable. This book examines the careers and working lives of celebrated artists like Angelica Kauffman an… Mehr

CHF 0.65

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen
Versandkostenfrei

Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-911604-00-6
EAN: 9781911604006
Produktnummer: 23652602
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 8'750 KB

Über den Autor

Caroline Chapman is a writer, editor and picture researcher. She has worked for both the Arthur Tooth and Son art gallery and the Crane Kalman Gallery as well as a working as a freelance picture researcher for 30 years, for Times Books, Dorling Kindersley, Phaidon, Weidenfeld. Caroline Chapman is the author of Elizabeth & Georgiana: The Duke of Devonshire & his Two Duchesses for John Murray and John and Joséphine: The Creation of The Bowes Museum for The Bowes Museum and has written an number of travel articles for the Times Education Supplement and Cosmopolitan.