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English painter (1723–1792)

Also known as: J Reynolds, Jos. Reynolds, Mr. Reynolds, Reynolds, S. J. Reynolds, S.J. Reynolds

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Periodical essays like The Idler share Reynolds's measured neoclassical prose and moral-critical reflection. (AI reason)
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Edmund Burke1729–1797
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His aesthetic treatise on the sublime and beautiful parallels the Discourses' theorizing of taste. (AI reason)
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William Hogarth1697–1764
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The Analysis of Beauty offers an eighteenth-century English painter's theory of art and form. (AI reason)
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His essays on the theory of painting directly anticipate the academic ideals of the Discourses. (AI reason)
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Spectator essays on the pleasures of the imagination share the polite essay form and concern with taste. (AI reason)
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Denis Diderot1713–1784
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His Salons provide contemporaneous art criticism engaging with history painting and the grand style. (AI reason)
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann1717–1768
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His neoclassical writings on imitating the ancients echo Reynolds's ideal of the grand manner. (AI reason)
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James Boswell1740–1795
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His Life of Johnson captures the same London literary-artistic circle and conversational culture. (AI reason)
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Horace Walpole1717–1797
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Anecdotes of Painting in England offers period connoisseurship and commentary on English art. (AI reason)
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Oliver Goldsmith1728–1774
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His graceful essays and social observation share the urbane tone of Reynolds's circle. (AI reason)
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