Henry Kingsbury
ARTISTHenry Kingsbury is a pianist turned ethnomusicologist. He is notable for his book, Music, Talent, and Performance, an ethnographic study of an American conservatory of music. This book examines the social and cultural nature of musical talent, understood within the anthropological framework of such theorists as Emile Durkheim, E.E. Evans-Pritchard, and Clifford Geertz. The appearance of Kingsbury’s book in 1988 marked an innovative and significant application of principals of ethnomusicology in the study of Western art music.
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Henry Kingsbury, wall art & digital downloads
Shop 3 artworks by Henry Kingsbury (British, 1735–1835) — every piece is public domain and can be printed as canvas, rolled canvas, framed canvas or a framed print.
Henry Kingsbury is a pianist turned ethnomusicologist. He is notable for his book, Music, Talent, and Performance, an ethnographic study of an American conservatory of music. This book examines the social and cultural nature of musical talent, understood within the anthropological framework of such theorists as Emile Durkheim, E.E. Evans-Pritchard, and Clifford Geertz. The appearance of Kingsbury’s book in 1988 marked an innovative and significant application of principals of ethnomusicology in the study of Western art music.
At a glance
Most of Henry Kingsbury's work on the site falls under Prints (9), Illustration (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Neoclassicism (1).
By orientation: 3 landscape, 7 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1786 to 1788.
Other British artists of the period
If you like this artist, these contemporaries are catalogued too:
- James Gillray — 378 artworks
- Thomas Girtin — 152 artworks
- John Buckler — 122 artworks
- Francis Wheatley — 95 artworks
- William Alexander — 88 artworks
- Thomas Hudson — 79 artworks
- John Downman — 78 artworks
- Julius Caesar Ibbetson — 64 artworks
Prints of these artworks
Prints of any artwork on this page are made to order at the production partner closest to you, starting from $21.99 including shipping, in Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print.
Sizes and framing
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.
Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.