British aesthetic discourse, 1780-1830: the sketch, the non finito, and the imagination.
From: Art Journal
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Date: 6/22/1993
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Author: Guentner, Wendelin A.
The values associated with the sketch in British Romanticism were analyzed, including the conceptualization by amateur artist and advocate of the picturesque, William Gilpin. The sketch is presented as a means of representing struggle between the Neoclassical and the Romantic notion of culture. The Neoclassicism's attitude toward the sketch is one which reflects the truth perceived as general and unchanging, where judgement and reason are superior to imagination. In contrast, the Romantic ...
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