Cultivating the Human Faculties

Cultivating the Human Faculties James Barry (1741-1806) and the Society of Arts

Hardback (15 Mar 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book contains a series of essays on different aspects of Irish painter James Barry's monumental cycle of paintings 'The Progress of Human Knowledge', in the Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts. Barry's work is debated in the context of wider issues such as nationalism and improvement and publicity and patronage.

Book information

ISBN: 9780934223966
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Imprint: Lehigh University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 759.2
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 162
Weight: 726g
Height: 277mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 20mm