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Rural Society and the Painters’ Trade in Post-Reformation England.
- Source :
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Rural History . Apr2017, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p1-19. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This article examines two opposing views on the role and presence of painters in post-Reformation rural England. The art historian William Gaunt concluded that painters simply ‘vanished’ from the local scene in their flight to London; the historical geographer John Patten saw non-agricultural workers in general flocking to the rural scene in the same era. Drawing on a database of over 2,600 working painters, the article explores the presence and role of the painters’ occupation in rural England between 1500 and 1640. It emphasises the painters’ accommodation to changing consumer demands; it offers a revised view of their geographic distribution over time; it shows that painters continued to serve the rural scene, albeit in somewhat different ways and from different locales than before. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *RURAL sociology
*PAINTERS
*HISTORY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09567933
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Rural History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121477745
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956793316000121