Cultivating the human faculties: James Barry (1741-1806) and the Society of Arts

Contents

Prologue / Susan Bennett -- Introduction / Helen Clifford -- James Barry (1741-1806): A Biographical Outline / David G. C. Allan -- The Society and the "Polite Arts" 1754-1778: "best drawings," "High" Art and Designs for the Manufactures / Anne Puetz -- Patriotism, Virtue, and the Problem of the Hero: The Society's Promotion of High Art in the 1760s / Martin Myrone -- Arts and Commerce Promoted: "female excellence" and the Society of Arts' "patriotic and truly noble purposes" / Charlotte Grant -- Making a Place for Ornament: The Social Spaces of the Society of Arts / Andrea MacKean -- The Olympic Victors: The Third Painting in Barry's Series, The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture / David G. C. Allan -- Elysium's Elite: Barry's Continuing Meditations on the Society of Arts Murals / William L. Pressly -- "This Slip of Copper": Barry's Engraved Detail of Queen Isabella, Las Casas and Magellan / John Manning -- A Preparatory Drawing for Barry's Glorious Sextumviiate Rediscovered: The Search for the Seventh Man / William L. Pressly -- Barry's Medal for the Society of Arts: A Celebration of the Three Kingdoms / William L. Pressly -- Epilogue: Barry's Death and Funeral / David G. C. Allan.