Island to Empire
300 Years of British Art, 1550-1850 : Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, Sculptures from the Collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
by Art Gallery of South Australia, Ron Radford ยท 2005
ISBN: 0730830144 9780730830146
Category: Art / General
Page count: 336
The important book surveys Britain's art tradition from the British Renaissance in the mid-16th century as the country became the center of the "civilized" world. With the prohibition against t the religious imagery that is basic to European art, the British developed a down-to-earth perspective, a confidence and an individualism that became their hallmark.