StarAstrologer - Books : Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.034
EAN: 9780500283356
ISBN: 0500283354
Label: Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 428
Publication Date: 2002-02
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Sales Rank: 545767
Studio: Thames & Hudson
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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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great book. this actually enables you to understand what the 19th Century art and influences were about. Through its critical review, the writing and approach to it is fantastic. The best art history book I have read!
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I recently purchased this book A) Because it was alot cheaper than my college bookstore's price, and B) Because it was mandatory for the class I'm taking. The book covers alot of the information for the 1800s in the art world. I like to actually see the work of art when it's being discussed, so the lack of images is a little annoying.
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As this is a textbook for a course I'm taking, I was pleasantly surprised to find a copy well !!! below the current bookstore price and delighted when the book arrived extraordinarily promptly.
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I too had this book for a college 19th century art course. Most of the movements were not new to me and I dearly love most art of the period. But for anyone new to it this will be an incredibly boring read, too much bogged down in marxism and political correctness. Eisenman; a self-professed "Marxist-Art Historian" seems unable to speak of any movement without making it into classs warfare or accusing artists of being sexist or rascist, while completely ingnoring the historical context. As with many ... Read More
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This is a text based overview of art in the 1800's. It has a text to picture ratio similar to that in Art by Hartt. It has a similar (but obviously more specific) audience. Reproductions are high quality. Most are black and white - maybe 20 percent color. Here the color plates are mixed throughout the book, instead of all together in one color section. So all the thematically similar pictures are grouped together with the information about them. Read through the chapter titles and if you like ... Read More
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