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A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art
Linda Walsh
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Description for A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art
Paperback. A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 492.
A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them.
- Covers both artistic developments and critical approaches to the period by leading contemporary scholars
- Uses an innovative framework to emphasize the roles of tradition, modernity, and hierarchy in the production of artistic works of the period
- Reveals the practical issues connected with the production, sale, public and private display of art of the period
- Assesses eighteenth-century art’s contribution to what we now refer to as ... Read more
- Includes numerous illustrations, and is accompanied by online resources examining art produced outside Europe and its relationship with the West, along with other useful resources
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118475515
SKU
V9781118475515
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-13
About Linda Walsh
Linda Walsh is a former Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Open University. An established scholar of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century art, Walsh is the author of numerous articles and chapters on topics that include Canova and neoclassical theory; paintings by David, Watteau, and Chardin; eighteenth-century academies; art criticism; and British landscape art.
Reviews for A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art
"There is plenty to inform both the serious academic and the general interested layman in this ground-breaking treatise as the text is readable and clear. For anyone with even a passing interest in the eighteenth century, this book will both enlighten and inform." —Diana Dixon, Reference Reviews, Volume 31, Number 4, 2017