ARTH230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Science Fiction, John Smybert, History Painting
3 Apr 2016
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John smibert, the bermuda group: dean george berkeley & family, 1729. He is so influential in boston and he worked primarily on portraiture. He is so successful in fashioning local bostonians (mbc) into the appearance into english lords and ladies: he does this through pose and clothing. When he comes to boston he brings with him copies of master paintings he made in europe. Master paintings the period of 15-17th c. smibert would have called them the moderns. these old masters were the ones who painted the history paintings. o o o. Let"s review: history paintings meant you could read the bible etc. this meant that you were appealing to an audience to those who would read these narratives and their importance. Parting of hector and andromache, 1750 this is drawn from the iliad by homer. If you were well read at this time you would have known about this.
