Title Art, artisans & apprentices : apprentice painters & sculptors in the early modern British tradition / James Ayres

Published Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 523 pages) Contents Crafts, trades, artisans & guilds -- Painters -- Sculptors -- The emergence of academies of art Summary Before the foundation of academies of art in London in 1758 and Philadelphia in 1805, most individuals who were to emerge as artists trained in workshops of varying degrees of relevance. Easel painters began their careers apprenticed to carriage, house, sign or ship painters, whilst a few were placed with those who made pictures. Sculptors emerged from a training as ornamental plasterers or carvers. Of the many other trades in a position to offer an appropriate background were 'limning', staining, engraving, surveying, chasing and die-sinking. In addition, plumbers gained the right to use oil Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2015) Subject Art -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Art -- Study and teaching -- North America -- History -- 18th century Painters -- Training of -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Painters -- Training of -- North America -- History -- 18th century Sculptors -- Training of -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Sculptors -- Training of -- North America -- History -- 18th century ART -- Study & Teaching. HISTORY -- North America. Art -- Study and teaching Painters -- Training of Social conditions SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056942 North America -- Social conditions -- 18th century Subject Great Britain North America Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2014020293 ISBN 9781782977452 1782977457 9781782977438 1782977430

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