German Romantic Prints and Drawings: From an English Private Collection - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714126810 ISBN 13: 9780714126814

Publisher: British Museum Press, 2011

Synopsis

The nineteenth-century saw the Napoleonic Wars bring about an end to the traditional art market in Germany, thereby leaving the artists with an opportunity to establish a new identity. Artists such as Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Peter Cornelius retreated to the techniques and values of the Renaissance and medieval periods, when art had been more concerned with simplicity and embodying spiritual values. This stunning book of prints and drawings, taken from an English private collection, explores the German romantic movement and how artists such as Freidrich Overbeck drew on the style of his illustrious predecessors Du rer and Raphael to create celebrated works such as Italia and Germania, which epitomizes the mood of this era. The recently-invented lithography technique features heavily among the most noteworthy examples from this era, as does a new, deeper interest in German landscape. Over one hundred items are reproduced and discussed in this superb selection of German prints and drawings from the years between the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire (1806) and German unification (1871), including the greatest and rarest of German romantic prints, The Four Times of Day by Philipp Otto Runge.

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Hardcover. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 336 Publisher: Thames & Hudson The nineteenth-century saw the Napoleonic Wars-ing about an end to the traditional art market in Germany. Thereby leaving the Artists with an opportunity to establish a new Identity . Artists such as Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Peter Cornelius retreated to the techniques and values ??of the Renaissance and medieval periods. when art had been more concerned with simplicity and embodying spiritual values. This stunning book of prints and drawings. taken from an English private collection . explores the German romantic movement and how artists such as Freidrich Overbeck drew on the style of his illustrious predecessors Du?rer and Raphael to create celeated works such as Italia and Germania. which epitomizes the mood of this era. The recently-invented lithography technique features heavily among the most noteworthy e...

Review:

The catalogue, written by three English and four German authors, is outstanding for its scholarship and readability. It will be much consulted by everyone interested in German Romanticism and the interconnections between the visual arts, literature and philosophy of the period. --Martin Hopkinson Hon. RE, Art historian, author & critic

About this edition

• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0714126810
• ISBN 13: 9780714126814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Giulia Bartrum