The Autobiography of Benjamin Robert Haydon (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Benjamin Robert Haydon
- First Published: 1853
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Eighteenth century, London, Painting or painters, Romanticism, Hellenism
Critical Evaluation:
It is one of fate’s curious tricks that as Benjamin Robert Haydon’s reputation as a historical painter has diminished since his lifetime, the estimation of his writings has risen correspondingly. In the first quarter of the nineteenth century, the years principally covered by the AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Haydon’s friends gave encouragement and much-needed financial assistance to his efforts to bring England to an appreciation of the ideals of High Art, which to Haydon meant historical painting on an epic, Raphaelesque scale. His excursions with the pen,...
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