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The Emergence and Impact of the ‘Complete Drawing Book’ in Mid‐Eighteenth‐Century E ngland

Author(s) -

HSIEH CHIACHUAN

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal for eighteenth‐century studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 1754-0208

pISSN - 1754-0194

DOI - 10.1111/1754-0208.12009

Subject(s) - hierarchy , embodied cognition , cultural phenomenon , phenomenon , commodity , perception , assimilation (phonology) , history , visual arts , sociology , media studies , art , political science , social science , linguistics , epistemology , law , philosophy , economics , market economy

The emergence of the ‘complete drawing book’ in mid‐eighteenth‐century E ngland 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.

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