Nineteenth century art : a critical history
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Nineteenth century art : a critical history
Thames & Hudson, 2002
New ed
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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"1st published in the United Kingdom in 1994 by Thames & Hudson"
"With 428 illustrations, 63 in colour"
Bibliography: p. 414-417
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: hardcover ISBN 9780500237939
Description
In art as in music, literature, philosophy, and political economy, the nineteenth century was a period of questioning, experimentation, discovery, and modernization. From Goya to Blake, from David to Delacroix, from Courbet to Cezanne, artists explored the links between perception and history, and in so doing challenged the prevailing definitions of art and the existing order of society. First published in 1994, this innovative and groundbreaking survey details the development of a critical perspective in nineteenth-century painting and sculpture. For the revised edition, a new introduction by Stephen F. Eisenman provides a cogent overview of the century, its issues, and its art. Three completely new chapters have been added, which discuss photography and its crucial role in nineteenth-century art; American and German landscape painting and its effect on the growth of romantic nationalism in each country; and Toulouse-Lautrec, whose popular appeal consists both in his work's novel technique and medium and in its exotic sexual perspectives. Nineteenth Century Art embraces many aspects of the new art history -- attention to issues of class and gender, racism, and Eurocentrism -- but it also emphasizes the remarkable vitality and subversiveness of the era's best art. Indeed, nineteenth-century artists addressed many of the aesthetic, political, and moral issues that preoccupy audiences and historians today, such as the relationship between popular and elite culture, and the representation of women and non-European peoples in Western art. This rich and diverse volume demonstrates that nineteenth-century art remains compelling today because its critical insights have rarely beensurpassed. It will prove of interest not only to the specialist but also to anyone fascinated by the art, history, and culture of the era.
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: pbk ISBN 9780500283356
Description
The indispensable one-volume reference work on 19th-century art in Europe and America has been substantially updated and enlarged. This second edition contains: a revised, expanded and illustrated Introduction; 3 new chapters - Landscape Art and Romantic Nationalism in Germany and America; Photography, Modernity and Art; and The Appeal of Modern Art: Toulouse-Lautrec; fully updated selected bibliography; a revised list of Illustrations and Index; 47 new monochrome illustrations; 13 new colour illustrations.
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