Dr Viccy Coltman is a Senior Lecturer and Head of History of Art at the University of Edinburgh Stephen Lloyd is an independent art historian. He was Senior Curator at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (1993-2009) and President of ICOM's International Committee for Museums and Collections of Fine Arts (2004-2010).
'Overall, these essays offer thoughtful and often provocative
assessments of Raeburn's art, the context of his times and his
place in British cultural history. They attest to the current
vitality of Raeburn studies-scholarship soon to be augmented by a
modern, full-scale catalogue of Raeburn's paintings.'--William S.
Rodner, Department of History, Old Dominion University "Journal of
the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland"
Offers great insight into a remarkable artist who holds a unique
position in the canon of Scotland's best loved painters.--Helen
Dyson "Art Scottish Art News"
This fresh and engaging volume is certain to stir new interest in
the works of Sir Henry Raeburn, the great portrait painter of the
age of the Scottish Enlightenment. A key strength of the book is
that it ranges across a number of disciplinary approaches and
beyond the normal conventions of history of art into political,
economic, cultural and social history, thus ensuring appeal to a
wide readership as well as successfully setting Raeburn within a
national and international context.Professor Tom Devine, Personal
Senior Professor in History, University of EdinburghHenry Raeburn:
context, reception and reputation' provides a stimulating set of
perspectives on one of the most interesting artists of late
Georgian Britain. The essays gathered here, written by a group of
distinguished academics, curators and independent scholars, are
consistently thought-provoking, original and revealing, and
collectively constitute a very welcome reassessment of the artist's
work and career. This skilfully edited book promises to transform
the ways in which we think about Raeburn's paintings and about the
worlds of portraiture in which he and his canvases played such a
fascinating part.Professor Mark Hallett, Head of History of Art at
York University--Professor Tom Devine "Personal Senior Professor in
History, University of Edinburgh"
Viccy Coltman and Lloyd, together with their fellow contributors,
are to be congratulated on this well-balanced assemblage of
rewarding and stimulating texts, which enormously widen and enhance
our understanding of Raeburn.--Richard Green "The Burlington
Magazine"
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