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Bodybuilding : reforming masculinities in British art 1750-1810 / Martin Myrone.

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Bodybuilding : reforming masculinities in British art 1750-1810 / Martin Myrone.

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Bodybuilding : reforming masculinities in British art 1750-1810 / Martin Myrone.

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Full title

Bodybuilding : reforming masculinities in British art 1750-1810 / Martin Myrone.

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Publisher

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.

Date

2005.

Call Numbers

N704.9423/6

Record Identifier

74VKKz6BvNJy

MMS ID

991021843739702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

vii, 384 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Contents

Introduction : masculinity as cultural work in eighteenth-century Britain -- 'Our arts may hope for new advances' : the state of the arts 1755-1765 -- Reforming the hero : London in the early 1760s -- Gavin Hamilton and Rome in the 1760s -- James Barry in France and Italy -- 'Over-stocked with artis...

Publication information

Publisher

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.

Place of Publication

Connecticut

Date Published

2005.

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Access Conditions

State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Combining visual analysis, social history and masculinity studies, Bodybuilding effects a vivid image of this critical period in Britain's cultural history and establishes on ambitious new framework for the study of late eighteenth-century art and gender."--BOOK JACKET....

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Full title

Bodybuilding : reforming masculinities in British art 1750-1810 / Martin Myrone.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315-373) and index.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N704.9423/6

Record Identifier

74VKKz6BvNJy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKz6BvNJy

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ISBN

0300110057 (hbk.) :

9780300110050 (hbk.) :

DDC

704.9423094109033

MMS ID

991021843739702626

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