Abstract
The emergence of the 'complete drawing book' in mid-eighteenth-century England was a remarkable phenomenon. Launched by print sellers as a new educational commodity, this particular type of drawing book exhibited both commercial acumen and cultural ambition by presenting a comprehensive programme to satisfy public desire for drawing instruction. It also embodied a subtle process of cultural assimilation and influence. Various kinds of pictorial model were assembled from diverse sources and organised in a way that visualised the 'hierarchy of genres'. The complete drawing books thus played a role in shaping public perception of what constituted art within that hierarchy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 395-414 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2013 |
Keywords
- art and design education
- complete drawing books
- eighteenth-century England
- hierarchy of genres
- print culture