The King's Artists The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840

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ISBN: 9780199279098 | 0199279098
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Copyright: 7/14/2005

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This is the story of the forging of a national cultural institution in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. The Royal Academy of Arts was the dominant art school and exhibition society in London and a model for art societies across the

List of Illustrations

xiii

List of Figures and Tables

xvii

Abbreviations

xviii

Introduction

(18)

Beginnings

(2)

The Royal Academy and the politics of culture

(2)

The transformation of artistic culture in Britain's long eighteenth century

(4)

'Of the history of the Royal Academy in the eighteenth century not much need be said'

(1)

How the argument unfolds

(9)

I. ACADEMIES OF ART

1. Institutional history

(33)

2. Promoting a national school

(28)

Schools

(10)

Exhibitions

(5)

The Royal Academy and the English School

(13)

3. Modelling Academies for the British School

(29)

Provincial England (with an American digression)

(10)

Scotland and Ireland

(8)

Conclusions

104

(5)

4. The cosmopolitan outlook of a national academy

109

(18)

II. THE POLITICIZATION OF ART

Somerset House, 23 April 1796

127

(1)

Art and politics

128

(8)

5. George III and the artists

136

(44)

Academies and princes

136

(9)

Courtiers, party politicians, and regicides

145

(35)

6. French Revolutions in the Royal Academy?

180

(23)

7. The spectacle of exhibitions

203

(22)

Improper persons

206

(9)

Private views

215

(1)

Turtle and champagne

216

(5)

Somerset House, 23 April 1796

221

(4)

III. FORGING THE CULTURAL STATE

A year in the life of Joseph Farington, R.A.

225

(1)

The British state, the arts, and the Royal Academy

226

(9)

8. Professional representations

235

(18)

Metropolitan and imperial dress rehearsals

235

(5)

Formulating and implementing policy: customs duties

240

(5)

Lobbying government and parliamentarians: taxation

245

(3)

Sponsoring legislation: copyright

248

(3)

Professional artists

251

(2)

9. Monumental miracles

253

(46)

National monuments

257

(19)

A Dome of National Glory

276

(9)

The Elgin Marbles

285

(10)

Epilogue: a London Parthenon

295

(4)

Conclusion

299

(9)

Achievements and limitations

299

(1)

The unreformed Academy in the Age of Reform

300

(6)

The Royal Academy and the politics of British culture

306

(2)

Select Bibliography

308

(47)

Index

355

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The King's Artists The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840

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