Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting

Contents

Richard Wilson, Rome, and the transformation of European art / Robin Simon -- Rome and its British and Irish artists, 1730-50 / Jason M. Kelly -- "This is so important a Crisis of my life" : Wilson in Rome and the Vernet effect / Lars Kokkonen -- Marketing Wilson in Rome : the role of Thomas Jenkins / Jonathan Yarker -- Adolf Friedrich Harper and the reception of Richard Wilson in Germany / Steffen Egle -- Wilson, Mengs, and some British connections / Ana María Suárez Huerta -- Inspiration and imitation : Wilson, London, and "The School of Rome" / Martin Postle -- "Relenting Fortune weeps o'er Wilson's fate" / Scott Wilcox and Rosie Ibbotson -- An artist in his own country : Richard Wilson and Wales / Oliver Fairclough -- "This delightful artist" : cultural trends in the historiography of Richard Wilson / Paul Spencer-Longhurst -- Richard Wilson : methods and materials / Kate Lowry -- Catalogue. Rome in the 1750s -- Wilson and the Grand Tour -- Imitation and inspiration -- Buying and selling -- In the footsteps of Wilson -- Appendix : Wilson's family and his early training / Robin Simon.