Descript |
255 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports., facsims. ; 29 cm. |
Note |
Accompanies an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 11 Oct. 2001 - 6 Jan. 2002; and Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 25 Jan. - 17 March 2002. |
Contents |
Restoration and reconstitution : politics, society and culture in the England of Charles II / Kevin Sharpe -- Portraiture and concepts of beauty in Restoration painting / Diana Dethloff -- "The brightest glories of the British sphere" : women at the court of Charles II / Sonya Wynne -- "Good, but not like" : Peter Lely, portrait practice and the creation of a court look / Catharine MacLeod -- Beauties, bawds and bravura : the critical history of Restoration portraits of women / Julia Marciari Alexander -- Catalogue. |
ISBN |
1855143216 |
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