Peterloo
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
The story of a defining moment in the history of British democracy: the horrific Peterloo massacre of 1819.
Jacqueline Riding Libri
Come importante storica dell'arte e storica inglese, Jacqueline Riding è specializzata nella storia e nell'arte britannica del lungo XVIII secolo. La sua esperienza si estende alla consulenza per musei, edifici storici e l'industria cinematografica. Riding apporta la sua profonda conoscenza al suo approccio nell'esaminare figure ed eventi storici, scoprendone le complessità e il significato culturale. Il suo lavoro offre ai lettori uno sguardo acuto sul passato, riportando in vita l'epoca attraverso una ricerca meticolosa e un'analisi acuta.
Hogarth
- 544pagine
- 20 ore di lettura
A major new biography of one of Britain's best-loved artists.
A gripping, panoramic and timely account of the greatest eighteenth-century crisis to menace the Union of Great Britain Tom Holland
An analysis of the work of William Hogarth, whose painting captured British identity during times of struggle in the 1700s. Hogarth's Britons explores how the English painter and graphic satirist William Hogarth (1697-1764) set out to define British nationhood and identity at a time of division at home and conflict abroad. Setting Hogarth's interest in the unifying idea of British national character and spirit in all its variety alongside the ongoing national debate on Britain's past, present, and future within European and World affairs, this book shows that Hogarth and his art have never been more relevant. Beginning in the 1720s, Hogarth created some of the most iconic images in British and European art, including Marriage A-La-Mode, O the Roast Beef of Old England (The Gate of Calais), and The March of the Guards to Finchley. Through such vibrant scenes, rich in topical commentary, he conveyed a sense of external threat (real and imagined) from foreign powers and internal political, social, and cultural upheaval. At the same time, he offered his fellow Britons a confident, reassuring idea of the rights and liberties they enjoyed under King George and his government. With British society and politics in flux, the themes explored in Hogarth's Britons have profound resonance with our own time.