| ISBN13: | 9781032401317 |
| ISBN10: | 1032401311 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 228 pages |
| Size: | 246x174 mm |
| Weight: | 376 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 32 Illustrations, black & white; 16 Illustrations, color |
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Sociology in general, methodology, handbooks
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Painting, graphics
Regional studies
History of Europe
Art history in general
Classicism
19th century and first half of 20th century
Second half of 20th century and 21st century
Exhibition catalogues
Other braches of fine arts
Gender studies
Sociology in general, methodology, handbooks (charity campaign)
Arts in general (charity campaign)
Painting, graphics (charity campaign)
Regional studies (charity campaign)
History of Europe (charity campaign)
Art history in general (charity campaign)
Classicism (charity campaign)
19th century and first half of 20th century (charity campaign)
Second half of 20th century and 21st century (charity campaign)
Exhibition catalogues (charity campaign)
Other braches of fine arts (charity campaign)
Gender studies (charity campaign)
Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Thomas Gainsborough?s Blue Boy
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This book considers the historical reception of Thomas Gainsborough?s Blue Boy (c. 1770) from its creation to manifestations of its image in contemporary art and visual culture.
The reception of Thomas Gainsborough?s Blue Boy from its origins to its appearances in contemporary visual culture reveals how its popularity was achieved and maintained by diverse audiences and in varied venues. Performative manifestations resulted in contradictory characterizations of the painted youth as an aristocrat or a "regular fellow," as masculine or feminine, or as heterosexual or gay. In private and public spaces where viewers saw the actual painting and where living and rendered replicas circulated, Gainsborough?s painting was often the centerpiece where dominant and subordinate classes met, gender identities were enacted, and sexuality was implicitly or overtly expressed.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Private Beginnings, Public Performances; Chapter 2 The Blue Boy from Gainsborough?s Showroom to Grosvenor?s Picture Gallery; Chapter 3 Public Recognition; Chapter 4 Reproducing The Blue Boy; Chapter 5 Farewell to England; Chapter 6 Welcome to America; Chapter 7 Changing Roles for The Blue Boy; Conclusion
