| Description |
138 pages : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge Introduction to the History of Art |
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Cambridge introduction to the history of art.
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| Contents |
Contents: v. 1. Sculpture of Europe and the contemporary Middle East.--v. 2. Sculpture of the Americas, the Orient, Africa, the Pacific area, and the classical world. 2 v |
| Summary |
Ranging right across a period of baffling and complex social, political and cultural changes, this masterly introduction to the visual arts identifies the major concepts and stylistic characteristics of an age which encompassed movements as varied as Neoclassicism and Impressionism. The author begins with a consideration of both Neoclassical and Romantic currents. He looks at the roles of such eminent figures as Benjamin West and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and considers the work of the leading artists of both movements - David, Ingres and then Goya and Rodin (among others). He goes on to an examination of the effect of the romantic sensibility on English landscape painting with particular attention to the work of Turner and Constable. The book also covers the French Realist and Impressionist movements and the final chapter considers the Post-Impressionists, the pre-Raphaelites, Whistler and the exponents of the growing Arts and Crafts movement |
| Analysis |
European visual arts, 1800-1900 - Critical studies |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 135 |
| Subject |
Art, European -- 19th century.
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Art, European.
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Art, European -- 1800-1899 (19th century)
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Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Europe.
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Art, Modern -- 19th century.
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| LC no. |
82004381 |
| ISBN |
0521298695 |
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