Monographic Exhibitions and the History of Art

This edited collection traces the impact of monographic exhibitions on the discipline of art history from the first examples in the late eighteenthcentury through the present. Roughly falling into three genres (retrospectives of living artists, retrospectives of recently deceased artists, and monographic exhibitions of Old Masters), specialists examine examples of each genre within their social, cultural, political, and economic contexts. Exhbitions covered include Nathaniel Hone’s 1775 exhibition, the Holbein Exhibition of 1871, the Courbet retrospective of 1882, Titian's exhibition in Venice, Poussin's Louvre retrospective of 1960, and El Greco's anniversaty exhibitions of 2014.

Table of Contents List of Illustrations and Illustration Credits Preface Introductory Monographic Exhibitions and the History of Art Maia Wellington Gahtan, Donatella Pegazzano I. Living Artist Retrospectives 1. ‘Nathaniel Hone’s 1775 Exhibition: The First Single-Artist Retrospective’ Konstantinos Stefanis 2. The Degas and Cassat 1915 Exhibition in Support of Women’s suffrage Ruth E. Iskin 3. Braque, Gris and Léger: Cubism in Switzerland in 1933 Kate Kangaslahti 4. Bacon at Grand Palais: Echoes and Influences Monika Keska II. Posthumous Retrospectives 5. The First Posthumous Retrospective in France: The Paul Delaroche Exhibition, a New Perception of the Artist’s Work Marie-Claire Rodriguez 6. Max Jordan’s First Monographic Exhibitions at the Royal National Gallery in Berlin – Rewriting the Canon of Art History and Creating the Artist as a National Role Model at the Beginning of the German Empire Saskia Pütz 7. The Courbet Retrospective of 1882. Harbinger of the Artist’s first Major Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné Petra ten-Doesschate Chu 8. The Critical Reception of Marcello Tommasi’s Oeuvre and the Tommasi Family’s Artistic Legacy Elisa Gradi III. Old Master Monographic Exhibitions from before World war II 9. The Holbein Exhibition of 1871 – An Iconic Turning Point for Art History Lena Bader 10. ‘This is the answer to those who tell us that Reynolds was a snob’: The Grosvenor Gallery Exhibition of Works by Joshua Reynolds (1883 – 1884) Camilla Murgia 11. The Master and Siena: the 1912 Duccio exhibition Elisa Camporeale 12.The Twelve Days of Bartolomeo della Gatta (Arezzo, October 1-12, 1930). A Regional Exhibition of an Old Master during the Era of Fascism Luca Pezzuto 13.Titian’s 1935 Exhibition in Venice Giuliana Tomasella IV. Old Master Monographic Exhibitions after World War II 14. Poussin in Perspective: The Louvre Retrospective 1960 Above and BeyondHenry Keazor 15. Rembrandt and the Polemical Monographic Exhibition: ‘Rembrandt, the Master and His Workshop’ in Amsterdam, Berlin and London in 1991-92Catherine B. Scallen 16. Exploring Michelangelo through Exhibitions. Closer to the Master, Closer to the scholar, Closer to the Public Silvia Catitti 17. ‘Canaletti’ and the others. Recent Monographic Exhibitions of Venetian Veduta Painters: Art History and the Market Heiner Krellig V. Monographic Exhibitions and the 21st century 18. El Greco and the Dynamics of Retrospection in Monographic exhibitions for the Anniversary of his Death in 2014 Livia Stoenescu 19. Past Institution’s Future: Monographic Exhibitions and Tate Modern’s Make-up Evi Baniotopoulou 20. The Rise of the Monographic Exhibition: The Political Economy of Contemporary Art Ronit Milano Afterword Afterword: Learning from the Artist’s Monograph: Anarchy, Quality, and the Ultimate Noumenon Gabriele Guercio Epilogue Epilogue: Some Curatorial Thoughts on the Monographic Exhibition Joaneath Spicer Bibliography Biographical Notes on the Contributors Index

This edited collection traces the impact of monographic exhibitions on the discipline of art history from the first examples in the late eighteenthcentury through the present. Roughly falling into three genres (retrospectives of living artists, retrospectives of recently deceased artists, and monographic exhibitions of Old Masters), specialists examine examples of each genre within their social, cultural, political, and economic contexts. Exhbitions covered include Nathaniel Hone’s 1775 exhibition, the Holbein Exhibition of 1871, the Courbet retrospective of 1882, Titian's exhibition in Venice, Poussin's Louvre retrospective of 1960, and El Greco's anniversaty exhibitions of 2014.