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17. Taste and the Multitude: The Somerset House Exhibitions in Continental Eyes
William Vaughan
Description: Art on the Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780–1836
Art on the Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780–1836
NO JUDICIOUS FRIEND OF THE ARTIST would maintain, that the voice of the public is the voice of true taste, or that a fickle and partial multitude would be likely to encourage the artist to attempt the nobler departments of painting.’Johann David Passavant, Tour of a German Artist in England, trans....
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William Vaughan
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2001 by The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and The Courtauld Institute Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.243-252
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00023.023
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18350
Chapter subject tags:Art--England--London--ExhibitionsRoyal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Somerset House (London, England)Art and society--Britain--History--18th centuryArt and society--Britain--History--19th centuryWilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841Aesthetics, Modern--18th centuryAesthetics, Modern--19th centuryPassavant, Johann David, 1787-1861Art criticism--England--18th century

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