In the mid-eighteenth century, English gentlemen filled their houses with copies and casts of classical statuary while the following generation preferred authentic antique originals. By charting this changing preference within a broader study of material culture, Joan Coutu examines the evolving articulation of the English gentleman. Then and Now consists of four case studies of mid-century collections. Three were amassed by young aristocrats - the Marquis of Rockingham, the Duke of Richmond, and the Earl of Huntingdon - who, consistent with their social standing, were touted as natural political leaders. Their collections evoke the concept of gentlemanly virtue through example, offering archetypes to encourage men toward acts of public virtue. As the aristocrats matured in the politically fractious realm of the 1760s, such virtue could become politicized. A fourth study focuses on Thomas Hollis, who used his collection to proselytize his own unique political ideology. Framed by studies of collecting practices earlier and later in the century, Coutu also explores the fluid temporal relationship with the classical past as the century progressed, firmly situating the discussion within the contemporaneous emerging field of aesthetics. Broadening the focus beyond published texts to include aesthetic conversations among the artists and the aristocracy in Italy and England, Then and Now shows how an aesthetic canon emerged - embodied in the Apollo Belvedere, the Venus de’ Medici, and the like - which shaped the Grand Manner of art.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index
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- 733.074/4209033
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- 23
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- NB87.G7
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- C68 2015eb
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- 1 electronic text (318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- Collecting and classicism in eighteenth-century England
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 8
- Figures 10
- Acknowledgments 18
- Introduction 22
- 1 Temporal Elision and Sculpture Collections in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century 36
- 2 An “Old Whig”: The 2nd Marquis of Rockingham and His Collections 68
- 3 The 3rd Duke of Richmond and His Sculpture Gallery in Whitehall: Munificence Worthy of a Prince 112
- 4 The 10th Earl of Huntingdon and the Arcadian Plains of Leicestershire 162
- 5 Thomas Hollis and His Life Plan 190
- 6 Conclusion: The Nuances of the Classical Archetype 228
- Notes 258
- Bibliography 304
- Index 334
- A 334
- B 335
- C 336
- D 338
- E 339
- F 339
- G 340
- H 341
- I 343
- J 343
- K 343
- L 343
- M 344
- N 345
- O 346
- P 346
- Q 347
- R 347
- S 348
- T 350
- U 351
- V 351
- W 351
- Y 353
- Z 353
