Grand Manner

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Grand Manner is an 18th-century style of painting characterized by idealized, elevated depictions of historical, mythological, or portrait subjects, closely associated with Sir Joshua Reynolds and academic art.

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Label Occurrences
Grand Manner canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century art movement ⓘ
artistic style ⓘ
painting style ⓘ
aimsFor dignity ⓘ
grandeur ⓘ
timelessness ⓘ
associatedWith British art ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
Sir Joshua Reynolds ⓘ
linked to: Joshua Reynolds

academic art ⓘ
characterizedBy classical references ⓘ
elevated subject matter ⓘ
emphasis on nobility and virtue ⓘ
formal composition ⓘ
heroic scale ⓘ
idealization of the human figure ⓘ
idealized landscape settings ⓘ
use of allegory ⓘ
codifiedBy Sir Joshua Reynolds ⓘ
linked to: Joshua Reynolds
contrastedWith Romanticism ⓘ
genre painting ⓘ
naturalism ⓘ
emphasizes historical and mythological narratives ⓘ
moral and intellectual themes ⓘ
geographicFocus Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain

France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Grand Manner painting ⓘ
Grand Style ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Angelica Kauffman ⓘ
Benjamin West ⓘ
Gavin Hamilton ⓘ
Henry Fuseli ⓘ
John Singleton Copley ⓘ
Sir Joshua Reynolds ⓘ
linked to: Joshua Reynolds
influencedBy Annibale Carracci ⓘ
Nicolas Poussin ⓘ
Raphael ⓘ
Renaissance painting ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
mainSubject history painting ⓘ
mythological painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
relatedConcept academic hierarchy of genres ⓘ
history painting hierarchy ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
usedFor aristocratic portraiture ⓘ
state portraiture ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joshua Reynolds → movement → Grand Manner ⓘ
Portrait of Samuel Johnson → movement → Grand Manner ⓘ
Discourses on Art → keyConcept → Grand Manner ⓘ