Making the Modern Artist
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Culture, Class and Art-Educational Opportunity in Romantic Britain
Martin Myrone
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Exploring the myths and realities of the origins of the “modern artist” in Britain
The artist has been a privileged figure in the modern age, embodying ideals of personal and political freedom and self-fulfillment. Does it matter who gets to be an artist? And do our deeply held beliefs stand up to scrutiny? Making the Modern Artist gets to the root of these questions by exploring the historical genesis of the figure of the artist. Based on an unprecedented biographical survey of almost 1,800 students at the Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1769 and 1830, the book reveals hidden stories about family origins, personal networks, and patterns of opportunity and social mobility. Locating the emergence of the “modern artist” in the crucible of Romantic Britain, rather than in 19th-century Paris or 20th-century New York, it reconnects the story of art with the advance of capitalism and demonstrates surprising continuities between liberal individualism and state formation, our dreams of personal freedom, and the social suffering characteristic of the modern era.
The artist has been a privileged figure in the modern age, embodying ideals of personal and political freedom and self-fulfillment. Does it matter who gets to be an artist? And do our deeply held beliefs stand up to scrutiny? Making the Modern Artist gets to the root of these questions by exploring the historical genesis of the figure of the artist. Based on an unprecedented biographical survey of almost 1,800 students at the Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1769 and 1830, the book reveals hidden stories about family origins, personal networks, and patterns of opportunity and social mobility. Locating the emergence of the “modern artist” in the crucible of Romantic Britain, rather than in 19th-century Paris or 20th-century New York, it reconnects the story of art with the advance of capitalism and demonstrates surprising continuities between liberal individualism and state formation, our dreams of personal freedom, and the social suffering characteristic of the modern era.
Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Martin Myrone is senior curator of pre-1800 British art at Tate Britain, London.
ISBN: 9781913107154
Publication Date: October 6, 2020
Publishing Partner: Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Publication Date: October 6, 2020
Publishing Partner: Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
288 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 1/2
200 color + b/w illus.
200 color + b/w illus.
