The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters. Containing a Complete Collection, and Account, of the Most Distinguished Artists, Who Have Flourished in the Art of Painting a New Edition.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T135976 Pp.439-830 misnumbered 449-840. London : printed by W. and C. Spilsbury, for J. Walker, and G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798. xii,xxiii,[1],840[i.e.830]p.,plates : ports. ; 4