The studio is identified with the ‘character’ of the modern artist as much as with the ‘style’ of his work. It is a place of retreat, of inspiration, and also the nucleus from which that inspiration spreads outwards. Modern depictions of the studio, whether in painting or photography, include both the artist or enthusiast deep in thought and the unkempt rascal or model and, very often, a painting of which all we see is the stretcher, as a symbol of the mystery of the work for ever in progress, a prerogative of the artist.
I. The Rise of the Modern Artist
- I.5. The artist in his studio
I.1. Studio, character and work [1]
I.2. Portraits and self-portraits [2]
I.3. The artist’s apprenticeship. The academy [3]
I.4. Realisms: model and nude [4]
I.5. The artist in his studio
I.7. The bourgeois portrait [6]
I.8. The enthusiast in the studio [7]
I.9. Orientalism [8]
I.10. Japonism and other exoticisms [9]
I.11. Historical painting versus current affairs [10]
