Five centuries of British painting - Andrew Wilton
from Holbein to Hodgkin
KORTE INHOUD
Andrew Wilton traces the story of British painting from its hesitant beginnings under the influence of Holbein through its maturity in the time of Hogarth and Reynolds, when it reflected a prosperous society with growing imperial influence. He then explores the pioneering role of Constable and Turner in the revolutions of the Romantic period, and the enigmatic position of artists in Victorian England, when a stiff moral code came into conflict with the uncertainties of the age of Darwin. A consistent undercurrent has been Britain's preference for the real world (landscape, portraiture) as against 'high' art and abstraction. Andrew Wilton offers new insights into the great personalities of British painting, and assesses afresh the latest flowering, in which many threads of modern art come together in sometimes startling guises.
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2002Uitgever: Thames & HudsonReeks: World of art256 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0500203490ISBN-13: 9780500203491Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: frontispiece, 256pp.,183 illustrations [71 coloured],general bibliography, list illustrations, index. Very fine copy - as new. Volume Thames & Hudson World of Art. London-New York, Thames & Hudson Ltd. 2002 [Auteur: WILTON, ANDREW] [Jaar: 2002] [Titel: Five Centuries of British Painting. From Holbein to Hodgin.]
