Nineteenth Century Art (Trade Version)

by Chu, Petra Ten-Doesschate

• ISBN13: 9780810935884
• ISBN10: 0810935880
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: PEARSON

Summary

This refreshingly direct study addresses 19th-century European art along with the forces that informed it. After introducing historical events and cultural and artistic trends from about 1760 that would exert their influence well into the new century, author Petra ten-Doesschate Chu discusses the advent of Modernism and its many interpretations. She considers the changing relationship between artist and audience; evolving attitudes toward the depiction of nature; and the confrontation of European artists with non-Western art due to expanding trade and travel. An impressive 550 illustrations -- 200 in full color -- illustrate her themes.Incidents from individual artists' lives enrich the reader's understanding of the art, as do sidebars that focus on specific works, techniques, or historical circumstances. Although painting and sculpture are central in her narrative, Chu also covers a broad scope of visual culture, including architecture, decorative arts, and the burgeoning fields of photography and graphic design. A timeline, glossary, and thorough bibliography, listing not only books but also films related to the period, complete this major achievement.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Rococo, Enlightenment, and the Call for a New Art in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

The Classical Paradigm

British Art during the Late Georgian Period

Art and Revolutionary Propaganda in France

The Arts under Napoleon

Francisco Goya and Spanish Art at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century

The Beginnings of Romanticism in the German-Speaking World

The Importance of Landscape-British Painting in the Early-Nineteenth Century

The Restoration Period and the Rejection of Classicism in France

The Popularization of Art and Visual Culture in France during the July Monarchy (1830-1848)

The Revolution of 1848 and the Emergence of Realism in France

Progress, Modernity, and Modernism-French Visual Culture during the Second Empire, 1852-1870

Art in the German-Speaking World from the Congress of Vienna to the German Empire, 1815-1871

Art in Victorian Britain, 1837-1901

National Pride and International Rivalry-the Great International Expositions

French Art after the Commune-Conservative and Modernist Trends

French Avant-Garde Art in the 1880s

When the Eiffel Tower Was New

France during La Belle Epoque

International Trends c. 1920 Timeline

Glossary

Bibliography

Picture

Credits

Index

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