Michelle Facos (USA Indiana University)

An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art

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Produktbeschreibung

Using the tools of the "new" art history (feminism, Marxism, social context, etc.) An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art offers a richly textured, yet clear and logical, introduction to nineteenth-century art and culture. This textbook will provide readers with a basic historical framework of the period and the critical tools for interpreting and situating new and unfamiliar works of art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 252mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1242g
• ISBN-13: 9780415780704
• ISBN-10: 0415780705
• Artikelnr.: 32027789

Autorenporträt

Michelle Facos teaches art history at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her research explores the changing relationship between artists and society since the Enlightenment and issues of identity. Prior publications include Nationalism and the Nordic Imagination: Swedish Painting of the 1890s (1998), Art, Culture and National Identity in Fin-de-Siècle Europe, co-edited with Sharon Hirsh (2003), and Symbolist Art in Context (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Illustrations Introduction 1. A Time of Transition 2.
Classical Influences and Radical Transformations 3. Re-presenting
Contemporary History 4. Romanticism 5. Shifting Focus: Art and the Natural
World 6. Colonialism, Imperialism, Orientalism 7. New Audiences, New
Approaches 8. Photography as Fact and Fine Art 9. Realism and the Urban
Poor 10. Imagined Communities: Views of Peasant Life 11. Crisis in the
Academy 12. Impressionism 13. Symbolism 14. Individualism and Collectivism
Epilogue: Looking Toward the Twentieth-Century Bibliography Glossary Index