Mural Painting in Britain 1630-1730

Experiencing Histories

Lydia Hamlett (University of Cambridge)

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Routledge
31 March 2020

History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

This book illuminates the original meanings of seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century mural paintings in Britain.

At the time, these were called ‘histories’. Throughout the eighteenth century, though, the term became directly associated with easel painting and, as ‘history painting’ achieved the status of a sublime genre, any link with painted architectural interiors was lost. Whilst both genres contained historical ﬁgures and narratives, it was the ways of viewing them that differed. Lydia Hamlett emphasises the way that mural paintings were experienced by spectators within their architectural settings. New iconographical interpretations and theories of effect and affect are considered an important part of their wider historical, cultural and social contexts.

This book is intended to be read primarily by specialists, graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in new approaches to British art of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

By: Lydia Hamlett (University of Cambridge)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 639g
ISBN: 9781138205833
ISBN 10: 1138205834
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 31 March 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Re-Experiencing British Murals Chapter 1 Animating Histories Chapter 2 Triumph and Return Chapter 3 Murals and Metamorphoses Chapter 4 Poetry, Painting and Politics Chapter 5 The Prolific Age of Mural Painting Conclusion: Defining Mural Painting as a Genre

Lydia Hamlett is Academic Director in History of Art at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Murray Edwards College. She is a co-founder of the British Murals Network (britishmurals.org).

Reviews for Mural Painting in Britain 1630-1730: Experiencing Histories

This study is rich in new methods of looking and understanding, and of imagining and re-conjuring the impact of these murals in the time of their production. The author explores political and philosophical content as well as their multi-layered aesthetic potency. --The Art Newspaper