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This Edited Collection Traces The Impact Of Monographic Exhibitions On The Discipline Of Art History From The First Examples In The Late 18th Century 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, Paul Delaroche's Exhibition, The Courbet Retrospective Of 1882 And The Holbein Exhibition Of 1871. Introductory : Monographic Exhibitions And The History Of Art / Maia Wellington Gahtan And Donatella Pegazzano -- Living Artists' Retrospectives : -- Nathaniel Hone's 1775 Exhibition : The First Single-artist Retrospective / Konstantinos J. Stefanis -- The Degas And Cassatt 1915 Exhibition In Support Of Women's Suffrage / Ruth E. Iskin -- Braque, Gris, Léger : Cubism In Switzerland In 1933 / Kate Kangaslahti -- Bacon At Grand Palais : Echoes And Influences / Monika Keska -- Posthumous Retrospectives : -- The First Posthumous Retrospective In France : The Paul Delaroche Exhibition, A New Perception Of The Artist's Work / Marie-claire Rodriguez -- 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 -- The Courbet Retrospective Of 1882 : Harbinger Of The Artist's First Major Monography And Catalogue Raisonné / Petra Ten-doesschate Chu -- The Critical Reception Of Marcello Tommasi's Oeuvre And The Tommasi Family's Artistic Legacy / Elisa Gradi -- Old Master Monographic Exhibitions From Before World War Ii : -- The Holbein Exhibition Of 1871 - An Iconic Turning Point For Art History / Lena Bader -- 'this Is The Answer To Those Who Tell Us That Reynolds Was A Snob' : The Grosvenor Gallery Exhibition Of Works By Joshu