Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History - Softcover

Eisenman, Stephen F.; Etc.; Crow, Thomas; Lukacher, Brian; Nochlin, Linda; Pohl, Frances K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500277532 ISBN 13: 9780500277539

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

In art, as in every field, the 19th century was a period of experimentation: in which artists divined and portrayed the crucial connections between seeing and knowing, vision and society, explored the links between perception and history. Today, this legacy has been obscured by revisionism's that have changed art history. This book embraces the "new" methods while recovering the vitality, salience and subversiveness of the era's best art. This volume suggests that 19th-century art remains compelling today because its critical insights have rarely been surpassed. It will be of interest not just to the specialist, but to anyone fascinated by this unique period.

About this title

Review:

Handsomely illustrated....The interpretations of [the artists'] work are thoughtful.

An impressive encyclopedic volume...such vigor, clarity, and scholarship that it must be regarded as required reading.

About the Author:

Stephen F. Eisenman is Professor of Art History at Northwestern University

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0500277532
• ISBN 13: 9780500277539
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376