An Essay upon Prints

Author : William Gilpin

Paperback

Published : Thursday 20 March 2014

ISBN : 9781108066785

Price : €29.24

Description

Clergyman, schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics, William Gilpin (1724-1804) is best known for his works on the picturesque. This appraisal of prints, first published anonymously in 1768 to positive reviews, defines the concept as 'a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture'.

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