The Society Portrait: Painting, Prestige and the Pursuit of Elegance (Hardback)
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Short Description for The Society Portrait Features portraits dating from the early 19th century to the Second World War. This book offers anecdotes and insights into the personalities of both the artists and their patrons, providing a panorama of the settings in which the portraits were created, from French chateaux and English country houses to American mansions and Russian palaces.
Full description- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Published: 12 November 2007
- Format: Hardback 224 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: General | Art History | Art History: c 1800 to c 1900 | Art History: c 1900 - | Paintings | Portraits In Art
- ISBN 13: 9780500238424 ISBN 10: 0500238421
- Sales rank: 647,690
Full description for The Society Portrait
In a time that celebrates physical perfection and money over so much else, this book is a lesson in elegance, grace and style. It draws together for the first time in a single volume a sumptuous gallery of portraits dating from the early 19th century to the Second World War. Some are well-known, others unfamiliar, but all capture the spirit of their age, throwing the society that produced them into sharp and vivid relief. "The Society Portrait" offers entertaining anecdotes and intriguing insights into the personalities of both the artists and their patrons, providing a panorama of the settings in which the portraits were created, from French chateaux and English country houses to American mansions and Russian palaces.
