19th-Century Art - Hardcover

Rosenblum, Robert & H.W. Janson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810913623 ISBN 13: 9780810913622

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984

Synopsis

Nineteenth-century art expresses visually the awesome flood of energy that created the world we know today. Revolutions start the story -- first the American, then the French, leading to new forms of government and new ways for artists to view society and their own place within it. The Industrial Revolution created a new ecomonic order and a new aristocracy of moneyed patrons of the arts. New techniques found their way into the studios of painters and sculptors alike. This search for the new as the key to a better life remains a hallmark of modern life and art.

19th-Century Art explores the nineteenth century's creative wellspings and present here the first comprehensive view of its achievements. To match the opulence of their subject, the authors selected over 500 illustrations, of which 89 are faithfully reproduced in excellent color. Dr. Janson photographed many of the sculptures himself, and many of the paintings have never before been reproduced in color.

In the text, the authors draw from the historical documentation of the period of the dynamics of the making and viewing of art, examining the reciprocal influences of art and technology, art and politics, art and literature, and art and music.

includes discussions of the careers of distinguished artists such as David, Manet, Renoir, and Rodin.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Published jointly by Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., a comprehensive survey of all of Western painting and sculpture, 1776-1900.

From the Back Cover:

A book that broke new ground when it was first published, 19th-Century Art today reads with the same authority and scholarly verve as it has for the past twenty years.

This revised and updated edition remains true to the original, with its magisterial survey of painting and sculpture presented in four historical parts, beginning in 1776 and ending with the dawn of the new century at the Paris Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) of 1900. The text draws on the historical documentation of the period, tracing the dynamics of the making and viewing of art, and examining the reciprocal influences of art and technology, art and politics, art and literature, art and music.

19th-Century Art has been influential in cementing the reputations of many painters and sculptors, and this new edition adds more artists to the pantheon. It also explores for the first time the work of photographers, who themselves provoked new ways of looking at nineteenth-century painting. Historical perspective is enhanced in this edition with a selection of sparkling critical and artistic responses to many of the key works of art since their creation, such as: Gericault on the public response to his famous Raft of the Medusa, John Ruskin on Turner, and poet Baudelaire on the sculpture of the day.

To match the opulence of the subject, the new edition features 540 illustrations, 370 of which are in full color.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0810913623
• ISBN 13: 9780810913622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 527