Romanticism and Art (World of Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500202753 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. William Vaughn, Consulting Editor, is Professor of the history of art at Birkbeck College, University of London.Vaughn is Pevsner Professor of History of Art at the School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media, Birbeck College
Great Intro to Romantic Art and Thought Ben Capozzi I like very much the books in the Thames & Hudson World of Art series, and this one is no exception. It's a very nice survey, with a LOT of information, not just about the art, but also about the ideas of the age that shaped it. One good book seems to lead me to . "Not a bad book if you like Art History" according to A Customer. This book, as the title suggests deals with art from the Romantic period. The good points in the book are: it gives detailed and informative commentary on artists, sculptors, and architects, paintings, sculptures and buildings of the late 18th and 19th centuries.. "Well-organized Explanations of Romanticism in Painting" according to Renee Thorpe. This compact and well-illustrated book explains the roots and branches of Romanticism in painting. Not much said about sculpture and architecture, but they are touched upon, and Vaughan certainly places Romantic art in its time. Romantic writings and philosophy a
The result is an invaluable account of a dramatic and contradictory artistic epoch. . Widely praised on its previous appearance as Romantic Art and now revised, William Vaughan's classic study analyzes the achievement of the leading artists of the age - masters such as Goya, Blake, Gericault, Turner and Delacroix - and sets in context a host of fascinating figures in painting, sculpture and architecture: Palmer, Runge, Soane, Gros, Overbeck, Schinkel, Flaxman, Pugin, Bingham and many more. From the Back Cover In the age of revolutions, at the end of the eighteenth century, the mental and spiritual life of North America and Europe began to undergo a historic and irreversible change. The ideas of spontaneity, direct expression and natural feeling transformed the arts, encouraging artists to explore the extremes in human nature, from h
The result is an invaluable account of a dramatic and contradictory artistic epoch.. Widely praised on its previous appearance as Romantic Art and now revised, William Vaughan's classic study analyzes the achievement of the leading artists of the age - masters such as Goya, Blake, Gericault, Turner and Delacroix - and sets in context a host of fascinating figures in painting, sculpture and architecture: Palmer, Runge, Soane, Gros, Overbeck, Schinkel, Flaxman, Pugin, Bingham and many more. The ideas of spontaneity, direct expression and natural feeling transformed the arts, encouraging artists to explore the extremes in human nature, from heroism to insanity and despair. In the age of revolutions, at the end of