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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2005;7:68.

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Best known for his innovative and insightful portraits of English society, Sir Joshua Reynolds stands out as the most renowned and influential British painter of the 18th century. Reynolds was born the son of a clergyman in Devon in 1723 and began his apprenticeship in the London studio of the celebrated portraitist Thomas Hudson in 1740. In 1749, he accepted an invitation by Commodore Augustus Keppel to accompany him on an expedition to Italy. He remained there for the next 3 years, studying the works of Michelangelo and Raphael in Rome as well as those of the great Venetian colorists Titian and Veronese. Although Reynolds lacked formal academic training, he was particularly impressed with the classical Great Style of the Renaissance masters and attempted to incorporate classically inspired heroic forms into his own paintings. Upon his return to London in 1752, he established his studio in London and began a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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