Romanticism

Name: Romanticism
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ISBN: 9780714834436

ISBN-10: 0714834432

ISBN-13: 9780714834436

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: David Blayney Brown, HDR Visual Communication

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Romanticism was 'a way of feeling' rather than a style in art. In the period c.1775-1830, against the background of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, European artists, together with poets and composers, initiated their own rebellion against the dominant political, religious and social ethos of the day. Their quest was for personal expression and individual liberation, and in the process, the Romantics transformed the idea of art, seeing it as an instrument of social and psychological change.In this comprehensive volume, David Blayney Brown takes a thematic approach to Romanticism, relating it to the concurrent, more stylistic movements of Neoclassicism and the Gothic Revival, and…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.30" wide x 8.66" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Introduction



The Voice within You: A Portrait of the Artist



Heroes, Soldiers, Citizens: Revolutions in History Painting



High Mountains Are a Feeling: The Religion of Nature



A Mighty War against Time: The Romantic Sense of the Past



Rome Is No Longer in Rome: The Lure of the Exotic



Altered States: The Romantic Exploration of the Psyche



A Romantic Trinity: Love, Death and Faith


Epilogue


Glossary


Brief Biographies


Key Dates


Map


Further Reading


Index


Acknowledgements