KnowraJoshua ReynoldsLinked fromLinked fromThe 14 pages that link to Joshua Reynolds, each with the reason it gives.All 14Broader topic 2Related 8Compared with 4Samuel JohnsonRelated: Reynolds belonged to Johnson’s circle and painted the best-known portraits of him.Royal Academy of ArtsRelated: His leadership and lectures helped define the Academy's early identity.J. M. W. TurnerRelated: Turner entered an academy shaped by Reynolds’s teaching and ideals of artistic ambition.William HogarthCompared with: Reynolds’s academic ideals differed from Hogarth’s insistence on the value of comic and everyday subjects.Benjamin WestCompared with: Reynolds’s presidency preceded West’s, and their different approaches shaped Academy culture.British artBroader topic: He promoted history painting and helped define the status of the British artist.Grand mannerBroader topic: Reynolds argued for grand manner in his Discourses and practiced it in portraits.Anthony van DyckRelated: Reynolds treated van Dyck as a model for idealized portraiture and artistic distinction.Thomas GainsboroughCompared with: Reynolds’s academic ideals differed from Gainsborough’s preference for spontaneity and landscape.Guido ReniRelated: Reynolds treated Reni as a model of elevated beauty in his influential lectures on art.The Blue BoyCompared with: His artistic theories and polished portrait style provide a contemporary point of comparison.Angelica KauffmanRelated: Reynolds and Kauffman were founding members of the Academy and prominent artists in London’s art world.Anton Raphael MengsRelated: Reynolds and Mengs both theorized artistic imitation and the pursuit of a grand style.William EttyRelated: Reynolds’s advocacy of history painting formed part of the academic tradition Etty pursued.