The Nineteenth Century (Cambridge Introduction to the History of Art) - Softcover

Reynolds, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521298695 ISBN 13: 9780521298698

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

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 examine 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.

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Book Description:

This masterly introduction to the visual arts identifies the major concepts and stylistic characteristics of the nineteenth-century that encompassed movements as varied as Neoclassicism and Impressionism. This book also covers the French Realists, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, pre-Raphaelites and the exponents of the growing Arts and Crafts movements.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0521298695
• ISBN 13: 9780521298698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144